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[5] Finished drawing for a greenhouse, 1763
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/33
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a greenhouse, 1763
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a one-storey, three-bay, arcaded, and Doric colonnaded building, with a hipped roof, and with three niches in the back wall, and a single window in each of the side walls
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Green House for Mr Murray at Philliphaugh (in the hand of William Adam) and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1763
Robt Adam Architect 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (361 x 506)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
5 / Number 6 (in red pen) / for Mr Murray Phillipshaugh
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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