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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/93

Purpose

[3] Record drawing for a greenhouse, c1762-92, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the side front of a single-storey, three-bay greenhouse, as Adam volume 30/92, but the end bays are very narrow, with square-headed windows surmounted by oval oculi instead of glazed arched windows

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

One End of the Green House for Sir Edward Dering Bart (for Sir Edward Dering Bart in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1762-1792
    date range: 1762-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (481 x 367)

Hand

Adam office hand

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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