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Finished drawing for a greenhouse, c1758-63, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/65
Purpose
Finished drawing for a greenhouse, c1758-63, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a single-storey, three-bay greenhouse covered with a pediment, surmounted by figurative acroteria. The three bays are screened by Ionic columns, glazed, and with a Palladian opening in the central bay
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Green House executed at General Blands and to be done at Sir Walter Curzons / (and on a separate piece of sugar paper) Elevation of a Green House for General Blands House at Thistleworth
Signed and dated
- 1758-1763
date range: 1758-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (522 x 370)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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