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[2] Design for a house, 1786-90, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/99
Purpose
[2] Design for a house, 1786-90, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation as Adam volume 1/63, but with a flier over the top of the central three bays, underneath which the parapet is ornamented with cross windows projecting in a stepped formation, surmounted by the clock tower, and with a rough pencil-drawn profile elevation in the top right-hand corner
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Another Design of a house for / John Fenton Cawthorn Esqr (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) Fenton Cawthorne Esqr / 4
Signed and dated
- 1786-90
datable to 1786-90
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (525 x 350; flier 155 x 184)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
WHA[TMAN]
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
Rowan, 1985, p. 82
Rowan, 1988, p. 100
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 82
Rowan, 1988, p. 100
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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