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[6] Preliminary design for a house, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/119
Purpose
[6] Preliminary design for a house, 1775
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay house, with a central door flanked by arched windows on the rusticated ground storey, all within relieving arches, and with the central bay sllightly projecting, and supporting a portico of paired Doric columns, and a pediment, overdrawn with a pediment on the roof line, supporting a coat of arms, and this is flanked by bays articulated by Doric pilasters in the first storey, and the end bays are projecting, with a Venetian window on the ground storey, and a tripartite window on the first storey
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (213 x 117)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 213
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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