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[2] Finished drawing for a house, unexecuted, 1783
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/79
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a house, unexecuted, 1783
Aspect
Basement plan and garden front elevation of a house as Adam volume 45/78, but with an alternate treatment on the central block. The central block is set over a half-height basement with tripartite windows in the end bays; surmounted by Venetian windows on the ground storey flanking a central door accessed by a tapering staircase; and with rectangular balustraded windows on the first storey and half-height windows on the second storey. The pavilions are also slightly different as they each contain a door surmounted by an oculus window. The basement plan only encompasses the central block and rear coal vault area, and contains service rooms and cellars
Scale
bar scale of 4/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Back Front of a Villa for Captain Pitts / Plan of the Ground Story / Necessary / Ashes / Arcade / Coal Vault / Small Beer / Wood Vault / Area / Shows. Knives &c. / Store rom / House keepers room / Wine Cellar / Staircase / Lobby / Wet Larder / Kitchen / Dry Larder / Pantry / Scullery and some measurements given (verso) 2 / 2
Signed and dated
- 02/05/1783
Adelphi / 2d May 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (510 x 375)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Watermark
JKOOL surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see schemes notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see schemes notes.
Level
Drawing
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