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[7] Finished drawings for a villa, c1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/91
Purpose
[7] Finished drawings for a villa, c1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a half-sunk basement, and elevation of the garden (rear) front of a house with a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay central block, with a pitched roof, external steps, a bow across the central three bays, and a central spiral staircase. The central block is flanked by one-and-a-half-storey three-bay links, with pitched roofs, tripartite windows, and each contains a large circular room
Scale
bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Back front of a Villa for the Princess Lubomirski / Kitchen / Larder / Pantry / Passage / Housekeepers room / Butlers Pantry / Servants Hall / Solid ground / Vault for heating the Conservatory / Cellar and dimensions given (verso) No 2
Signed and dated
- c1787
datable to c1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (470 x 329)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 55
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 128
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 128
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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