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[1] Preliminary design for a house, c1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/180
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a house, c1775
Aspect
Rough plan and garden front elevation of a three-storey house, with a five-bay principal front, with the central three bays recessed and screened, and flanked by triangular projecting sides, containing windows within relieving arches, and a five-bay bow at the rear, behind an arcade on the ground storey, and a balustraded portico on the first and second storeys, and with a small three-bay drum and dome across the top
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c1775
datable to c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (191 x 235)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
PROPATRIA
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
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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