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[10] Design for a house, 1781, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/102
Purpose
[10] Design for a house, 1781, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay house, with a hipped roof and two chimney stacks, and the roofline drawn a little higher in pencil; with a relieving arch in each on the ground storey, connected by a fluted string, and with an enclosed rosette between each arch; with a central tripartite door articulated by Doric columns and engaged columns, and surmounted by a fanlight, and flanked by windows in the outer bays; and with a central tripartite window on the first floor, articulated by Ionic columns, and balustraded in the central light, and flanked by balustraded windows in the outer bays; and with a rough pencil-drawn plan of a half-turn staircase in the top left-hand corner, and beneath this a rough pencil-drawn detail of a Doric portico
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of a House for Mr Smith (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) and measurements given in pen and pencil (verso) rough pencil calculations
Signed and dated
- 07/04/1781
Adelphi / 7t. Aprl. 1781.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (474 x 253)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
Cartouche surmounted by fleur de lis
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
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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