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[29] Finished drawing for a three-block house, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/13
Purpose
[29] Finished drawing for a three-block house, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the garden (north) front of a house with a three-storey, five-bay, pedimented central block, with a rusticated ground storey, flanked by recessed two-storey, single-bay wings, with pitched roofs, and also with a rusticated ground storey, and flanked by single-storey, five-bay, balustraded links, each with a central door flanked by windows, and two-storey, three-bay, pedimented pavilions, each with a rusticated ground storey
Scale
bar scale of 9/10 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the South Front of Great Saxham House and Offices in Suffolk / for Mr Hutchinson Mure (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (819 x 332)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, additions to inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
No 1
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY and LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
Rowan, 1985, p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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