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[4] Finished drawing for the principal front of a house, c1758-68, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/30
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for the principal front of a house, c1758-68, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the principal front of a house with a half-sunk basement; with a three-storey five-bay central block with a hipped roof and two chimney stacks, with the central three-bays recessed, and set behind a Spalatro order portico, with a central door on the first storey, in front of which is a straight external staircase, and in the end bays there are Palladian windows on the first storey; and the central block is flanked by two-storey, three-bay links with pitched roofs, and two-storey, three-bay pavilions with pitched roofs and central chimney stacks, with the central bay projecting and containing a Palladian window on the first storey, and flanked by niches in the end bays
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Pen and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (531 x 357) Elevation of the principal front of a new Design for _ Palmer Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 1
Signed and dated
- c1758-68
date range: c1758-68
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (531 x 357)
Hand
Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
VI
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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