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[1] Preliminary design for a villa, c1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/116
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a villa, c1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of the principal storey of a three-bay house, with a tripartite window in each bay, and with the central bay projecting, and a colonnaded bow at the rear, and with a central elliptical staircase, and a shallow apse on one side
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1787
datable to c1787
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (133 x 95)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Rowan, 1985, p. 32
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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