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  • image SM Adam volume 10/100

Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/100

Purpose

[13] Alternative preliminary designs for the Pall Mall (south) front, c1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, thirteen-bay building, with the central bay as SM Adam volume 10/108, but shown with alternative domes as SM Adam volume 10/107 and 10/108. The right-hand block is as SM Adam volume 10/108. The left-hand block is as SM Adam volume 10/107, but with minor alterations, including alternate balustraded windows flanked by Tuscan columns at the first-storey level; and the addition of short Tuscan pilasters in the upper register

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Signed and dated

  • c1789
    c1789

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (433 x 251)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
Sheppard, 1960, Volume XXIX, (i), p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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