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  • image SM Adam volume 37/64

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/64

Purpose

[19] Design for a tower, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a four-storey, crenellated tower, with a central three-bay canted bow, and with a central door on the ground floor, accessed by a flight of three external stairs, and flanked by windows

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Front of Tower for Mr Mackenzie

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    datable to 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (496 x 648)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk