[5] Finished drawing for a scheme for the house, c1765-74, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Fennells Place, Ewell, Surrey: unexecuted designs for a house, interior works, and rustic offices, for Anthony Chamier, 1765-74 (14)
    - Finished drawings for a scheme for the house, c1765-74, unexecuted (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/92

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for a scheme for the house, c1765-74, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the garden (north) front of a house with a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay central block, with a hipped roof, flanked by links and pavilions as in Adam volume 42/91

Scale

bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North Front of Fennells

Signed and dated

1765-1774
date range: 1765-74

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (523 x 346)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 125
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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