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[7] Preliminary design for a house, 1781, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/63
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design for a house, 1781, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a two-storey, three-bay house, surmounted by a pediment with three acroteria, and a figurative medallion in the tympanum; with relieving arches in the ground storey, containing a central door flanked by windows, and with a medallion between each relieving arch; and the ground storey is surmounted by a moulded string course; and with a window in each bay of the first storey, and the bays articulated by paired Ionic pilasters (verso) rough pencil-drawn alternative side elevation designs
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1781
datable to 1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (300 x 204)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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