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[5] Design for the riding school, 1763, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/53
Purpose
[5] Design for the riding school, 1763, as executed
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a five- by ten-bay rectangular building, with a central door flanked by engaged columns and niches, behind which is an oval lobby, and a courtyard with niches along the walls, and with stables to either side
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Riding House at Edinburgh (in the hand of William Adam) underwritten in pencil and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1763
datable to 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (581 x 486)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 11
For a full list of literature references see scheme note
For a full list of literature references see scheme note
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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