[3] Finished drawing for a new house, c1770-76, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Portland House, New Cavendish Street, London: unexecuted designs for a house, a gateway, and a chimneypiece for the 3rd Duke of Portland, c1770-76 (8)
      - Finished drawings for a new house, c1770-76, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/2

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for a new house, c1770-76, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front of a two-storey, seven-bay house, flanked by three-bay projecting wings, and with a hipped roof, a portico and pediment across the central three bays arranged as a porte-cochère, and with one-storey, one-bay projections at either side

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Principal Front of a House for His Grace the Duke of Portland (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

1770-1776
date range: 1770-76

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (603 x 462)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Duke of Portland / 2 Ground Plans / 2 Elevations 2 Elevations 1 Section / from No 8

Watermark

DXC within cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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