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[3] Finished drawings showing a screen at the west end of the Royal Terrace, c1768-69, unexecuted
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Reference number
Adam volume 54/7/256
Purpose
[3] Finished drawings showing a screen at the west end of the Royal Terrace, c1768-69, unexecuted
Aspect
Profile of a three-bay screen wall, with a central fountain in the ground storey, with a strigilated containing wall, supported by a stylobate of three steps, a mask-shaped spring flanked by festoons, and set within a relieving arch ornamented with a fan. On the first storey is a central balustraded balcony, flanked by lotus capital columns, and showing a view to a lotus capital colonnade behind; this area is attended by staffage to give scale. The outer bays of the first storey contain figurative sculpture on pedestals, and are flanked by lotus capital pilasters. There is a frieze of festoons across the entire façade, surmounted by an attic in the end bays, ornamented with busts within oval niches, flanked by bands of scrolled hearts
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c1768-69
datable to c1768-69
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (233 x 339)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 69, 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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