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[4] Design for the building, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/55
Purpose
[4] Design for the building, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay building, with a pitched roof, and with a rusticated ground storey, containing two arched windows and an arched door, each within a relieving arch, and the first and second storeys are articulated by Ionic pilasters, with a central tripartite window within a relieving arch, and with a frieze of fluting and enclosed rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Elevation of a Record Office for the Town of Aberdeen / Plain (in pencil) and some measurements given (verso) Aberdeen Record Office / Aberdeen Record Office
Signed and dated
- 09/05/1772
Adelphi May 9t. 1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (502 x 648)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 53
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 53
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
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