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[11] Design for a house, 1781, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/103
Purpose
[11] Design for a house, 1781, unexecuted
Aspect
Side elevation of a house as Adam volumes 42/102, 104-105, with the front block containing windows within relieving arches on the ground storey, and balustraded windows in the upper register above; and behind is a two-storey, two-bay link range, and beyond is a two-storey, two-bay rear range with a pitched roof and a central chimney stack
Scale
Side elevation of a house as Adam volumes 42/102, 104-105, with the front block containing windows within relieving arches on the ground storey, and balustraded windows in the upper register above; and behind is a two-storey, two-bay link range, and beyond is a two-storey, two-bay rear range with a pitched roof and a central chimney stack
Inscribed
Back front of a house for Mr Smith (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) and with measurements given
Signed and dated
- 07/04/1781
April 7t. / 1781.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (474 x 263)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
JWHATMAN
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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