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[3] Preliminary design for a conservatory, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/127
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a conservatory, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough part plan, elevation and profile of a single-storey, seven-by-three-bay conservatory, on a deep stylobate with a central staircase on the principal and side fronts, with a hipped, glazed roof, and the central five bays articulated by terms, and with slightly projecting end bays articulated by Doric pilasters, and surmounted by an attic ornamented with an enclosed rosette and festoons, and surmounted by an urn, and each bay contains an arched window
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Conservatory for Antony (sic) Chamier Esqr at Epsom / One End of the Conservatory / from 30 to 40 feet long & from 20 to 24 Wide
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (190 x 308)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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