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  • image SM Adam volume 31/109

Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/109

Purpose

[39] Finished drawing of the principal front for a block of domestic offices, executed with alterations, 1761

Aspect

Elevation of a twenty-one bay elevation with a hipped roof, comprising a five-bay arcaded and pedimented centre topped with a cupola, links of three bays with a central semicircular arched doorway, and end pavilions of five bays with alternating rectangular windows and semicircular-headed niches

Scale

bar scale of 1/14 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Elevation of a new Design for the Offices of William Drake Esqr. at Shardeloes in Buckinghamshire [in Buckinghamshire in the hand of William Adam] and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    Robt Adam Architect 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (471 x 300)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index 28
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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