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[8] Finished drawing for rear (south) front, c1760, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 28/37
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for rear (south) front, c1760, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay building, with the roofline crowned by acroteria supporting statuary, and with rustication at basement storey. The central, projecting three bays are pedimented, and there is a central basement storey entrance, with a balustrade Palladian window set within a relieving arch above. This is flanked by balustraded niches containing statuary, surmounted by roundels containing busts. All this is flanked by two-storey bays with statuary set within baulstraded niches, and panels, ornamented with rosettes and festoons, above
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
South Front of the Library and Ground Story (in the hand of William Adam) / For the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh (underwritten in pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1760
datable to c1760
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (526 x 370)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
7
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 219
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 219
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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