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[1] Finished drawing for a curtain wall around an observatory, c1770, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/38
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for a curtain wall around an observatory, c1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of an oval screen wall ornamented with niches around a rectangular building with a screened porch. In front of this are four columns, suggestive of a portico, flanked on either side by railings
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of Screen round the Observatory at Muswell Hill for Topham Beauclerk Esqr (for Topham Beauclerk Esqr in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1770
datable to c1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (496 x 340)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonom, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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