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  • image SM Adam volume 21/107

Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/107

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for a garden pavilion, c1765-74, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, octagonal tower, with a conical roof, and a central arched entrance on the first storey, flanked by projecting pedimented porches containing doors, and the ground storey is screened by a projecting, shaped, balustraded curtain wall, with a rusticated central bay containing a curve-topped window with voussoirs

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • 1765-1774
    date range: 1765-74

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (260 x 199)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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