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[4] Record drawing for domestic offices, c1770-73, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/29
Purpose
[4] Record drawing for domestic offices, c1770-73, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay, pedimented central block, with the lower register arcaded, and with oculus windows in the upper register, and a clock in the tympanum of the pediment. The central block is flanked by one-and-a-half-storey, one-bay links, and one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay pavilions, with pyramidal roofs, one of which is surmounted by a lantern, and the central door is set within a relieving arch, and surmounted by a lunette window, and with feint pencil-drawn annotations
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Offices for John Stewart Esqr at Mitcham Surry (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1770-73
date range: c1770-73
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (559 x 406)
Hand
Adam office hand, with additions to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
King, 1992, Volume I, p. 386, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 1992, Volume I, p. 386, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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