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[4] Record drawing for a new house, c1761-65, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/24
Purpose
[4] Record drawing for a new house, c1761-65, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the principal (east) front of a house with a three-storey, seven-bay central block, with a rusticated basement, a hipped roof, the central three bays projecting, and contain arches, and support a Corinthian portico and a pediment. The central block is flanked by two-storey, five-bay links, with rusticated basements, and colonnades on the upper registers, and two-storey, three-bay pavilions, with rusticated basements, pitched roofs, and bow fronts which are colonnaded on the upper register
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Principal Front of a House For His Grace The Archbishop of York a Brodsworth in Yorkshire. Towards the East and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1761-1765
datable to c1761-65
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (603 x 494)
Hand
Adam office hand
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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