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[11] Alternative preliminary design for the Pall Mall (south) front, c1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/107
Purpose
[11] Alternative preliminary design for the Pall Mall (south) front, c1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Part-elevation of a three-storey, thirteen-bay building, with the central bay and the six-bay right-hand block shown. The central bay has a balustraded, projecting portico, articulated by paired Tuscan columns, raised on plinths ornamented with ram masks and festoons. Within the portico there is a stepped entrance with a fanlight, set within a relieving arch. The capitals are fluted and there is a frieze of enclosed rosettes(?) All this is surmounted by a drum ornamented with rosettes and festoons, and supporting a stepped, ribbed dome with a spire. The right-hand block has a hipped roof, with statuary surmounting the roof line. At the ground-storey level there is an arcade, formed with wide, segmental-headed openings, flanked by entrances with fanlights. At the first-storey level there are balustraded windows, and this is surmounted by three-quarter-height windows, and by half-height windows 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 (289 x 252)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
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.
Sheppard, 1960, Volume XXIX, (i), p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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