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[1] Preliminary design for the Shambles and Butter Market, 1761, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/92
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for the Shambles and Butter Market, 1761, as executed
Aspect
Rough ground plan and elevation of a two-storey, domed, octagonal tower, arcaded on the ground floor, and containing a staircase, with a semicircular arcade, with a pitched roof, around the rear half of the building, with a rough pencil-drawn arcade, largely cropped away in the bottom left-hand corner
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sir
Signed and dated
- 1761
datable to 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (193 x 248)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
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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