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[5] Finished drawings for a villa, c1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/100
Purpose
[5] Finished drawings for a villa, c1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a half-sunk storey, and an elevation of the garden (rear) front of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay house, with a pitched roof, an external staircase, and a central square spiral staircase. The central three bays are projecting on both fronts, but on the garden front they form a bow with a conical roof. There is also a plan for a wing attached by a link corridor, which is one- by three-bays, with a projecting rear front, tripartite windows on each side, and a central staircase
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Unknown (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1787
datable to c1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (137 x 224)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Rowan, 1985, p. 32
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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