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[6] Finished drawing for the side of a house, c1758-68, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/32
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for the side of a house, c1758-68, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the side front of one of the pavilions from Adam volumes 44/30-31, being a two-storey, three-bay block, with a hipped roof containing two lights and supporting a central chimney stack, and with tripartite windows surmounted by Diocletian windows within relieving arches in the ground storey
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
End front of a House for _ Palmer Esqr (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 3 / Parker Esqr
Signed and dated
- c1758-68
date range: c1758-68
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (535 x 348)
Hand
Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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