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[1] Design for a rustic cottage, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/177
Purpose
[1] Design for a rustic cottage, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay cottage, with a hipped thatched roof and two chimney stacks, and a single-storey thatched bow on each side; with a central door behind a single-storey, single-bay portico of tree-trunk columns, supporting a thatched pediment; and flanked by windows with glazing bars on the left-hand side, and lattice windows above and on the right-hand side
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Front of a Cottage for Samuel Smith Esqr and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 16/12/1780
16 Decr 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (251 x 273)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 260
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 260
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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