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  • image SM Adam volume 32/50

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/50

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for an addition to the house, c1763-65, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the garden front of a three-storey house, with tripartite windows on the ground and first storeys to the right-hand side, surmounted by a Diocletian window, and to the left-hand side is a canted bow, projecting further into the garden than the remains of the elevation. The basement of the bow is rusticated, the first floor has balustraded windows, and the central window is pedimented, and all three are surmounted by relief panels containing enclosed rosettes, and festoons, and with a pitched roof, and balustraded roof line

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of an Addition proposed to be made to Sir Lawrence Dundas Baronet His House in Arlington Street / Fronting the Green Park

Signed and dated

  • 1763-1765
    datable to 1763-65

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (489 x 509)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
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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