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[1] Design for an observatory tower, 1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/96
Purpose
[1] Design for an observatory tower, 1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Three plans and an elevation of a four-storey, octagonal tower, containing a cantilevered spiral staircase, with a cylindrical void in the well, and with a rusticated ground storey, with arched windows and a door surmounted by a fanlight all set within relieving arches, and with a first storey with the bays articulated by engaged columns, and with oval medallions over each window, and with a monopteral Ionic colonnade around the second storey, surmounted by a frieze of festoons, and with a fourth storey composed of a four-bay drum, surmounted by a dome and a lantern with a weather vane
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Observatory for Isaac Buxton Esqr (verso) Elevation of an / Observatory / This should be put Eleventh (in red pen) / Observatory for Isaac Buxton Esqr
Signed and dated
- 22/05/1773
Adelphi May 22d 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a double ruled border on laid paper (457 x 232)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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