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[4] Finished drawing for a new house, c1770-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/3
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a new house, c1770-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Longitudinal section through a curved gateway, a small courtyard, and a second, larger, circular and colonnaded courtyard, and a four-storey house
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section through The Gateway, Circular Court and Body of the House, For His Grace The Duke of Portland, Fronting Mansfield Street
Signed and dated
- 1770-1776
date range: 1770-76
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink and yellow washes within a single ruled border on laid paper (901 x 466)
Hand
(1-2) Adam office hand (3-4) Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi (3) title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
2
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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