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  • image SM Adam volume 41/29

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/29

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for a proposed addition to the house, c1761-65, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the south front of a two-storey, nine-bay wing, with a hipped roof, and a bow across the central three bays, encircled by an Ionic bow peristyle, and surmounted by an octagonal lantern

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of the South of a New proposed Addition to His Grace The / Arch Bishop of York's House, at Brodsworth in Yorkshire and some dimensions given (in pen and pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1761-1765
    datable to c1761-65

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (350 x 253)

Hand

Adam office hand

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
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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