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[6] Design for the greenhouse, c1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/43
Purpose
[6] Design for the greenhouse, c1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a single-storey building, with a three-bay pedimented central block, with a central Palladian window, flanked by arched windows, and each bay articulated by engaged columns with lotus leaf capitals, and with a roundel and festoons in the tympanum of the pediment. The central block is flanked by five-bay links, with pitched roofs, and each bay containing an arched window, and beyond the links are single-bay pavilions, with pitched roofs, and each containing a single door
Scale
bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Green House, Hot House &c. For Richard Oswald Esqr (underscored in pencil) / A / A / A / N / N.B. the Columns markt A are to be Pilasters and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1773
datable to c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (661 x 512)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Verso
1 / 1 / Green house, hot house &c for Richard Oswald Esqr
Watermark
XD&CB within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 216
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 216
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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