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[2] Preliminary designs for the building, c1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/194
Purpose
[2] Preliminary designs for the building, c1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular building, with three rectangular screened recesses on each long side, and a single rectangular screened recess on each of the short sides, and with a central door on each of the long sides, with a horseshoe-shaped staircase across the rear, and a rectangular screened loggia at the front, flanked by horseshoe-shaped staircases, and with a rough wall elevation below, showing one of the long walls, with three recesses screened by Doric columns, articulated by large Doric pilasters, and surmounted by two sets of Diocletian windows (verso) similar pencil-drawn plan
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1772
datable to c1772
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (162 x 208)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
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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