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  • image SM Adam volume 41/39

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/39

Purpose

[7] Design for dog kennels, unexecuted, November 1778

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay central block, the centre being semicircular with a pedimented porch as in the plan, and with single-storey, three-bay links, and single-storey, one-bay end pavilions surmounted by a sculpted dog

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of the Dog Kennel for _ Towers Esqr at Weald in Essex (in a later hand) (verso) 5

Signed and dated

  • November 1778
    Adelphi / Novr 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (380 x 522)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 226
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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