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[9] Finished drawing for the Haymarket (east) front, c1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 47/1
Purpose
[9] Finished drawing for the Haymarket (east) front, c1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the east front of a building divided into blocks, with the central elevation as SM Adam volume 28/17. With a link building connecting to a rotunda (south), as SM Adam volume 28/18, and with a bridge and link building connecting to an annexe (north), as SM Adam volume 28/19
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
[_ _ _ _ _ _ _] the [?] Haymarket of the new [?] intended Opera House & Assembly Rooms, Ballroom & with the new intended Shops & Houses of the South & the new intended communication from Charles Street & St James’s Square, with the Tavern adjoining [?] at the North and extending [?] in the [_ _ _ _ _ _] (in pencil) / 385 feet (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1789
c1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (1980 x 597)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Verso
Notations, modern curatorial hand
Watermark
PVL
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
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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