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  • image SM Adam volume 49/26

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/26

Purpose

[66] Alternative designs for iron railings to enclose the court, c1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of two alternative forms of iron railings, each differently ornamented, with lamps to the left, and urns to the right. Each terminates in a lodge, with a semicircular arched doorway, flanked by Doric pilasters, and one is surmounted by a sculpted lion and the other a unicorn

Scale

bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Two designs of Iron railings for enclosing the Court of Cumberland House towards Pall Mall and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1785
    date range: 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (295 x 589)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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