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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/92

Purpose

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

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front of a single-storey, five-bay greenhouse, articulated by engaged Ionic columns, between which are glazed arches, with further Ionic columns shown in profile at each end, and with a frieze of rosettes and festoons, and a flat, balustraded roof

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Green House for Sir Edward Dering Baronet at Surrenden (for Sir Edward Dering Baronet at Surrenden in the hand of William Adam) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1762-1792
    date range: 1762-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (597 x 482)

Hand

Adam office hand

Watermark

PVL

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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