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James Alexander: unexecuted designs for an unknown country house, 1775 (5)
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James Alexander: unexecuted designs for an unknown country house, 1775 (5)
Signed and dated
- 1775
Notes
Arthur Bolton identified James Alexander as a merchant from Stirling, and otherwise he is unknown. Moreover, it is not known for what location he commissioned Robert Adam to make these designs for a new country house in 1775, which is not known to have been executed.
Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index pp. 52, 60; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
Frances Sands, 2013
Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index pp. 52, 60; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
Frances Sands, 2013
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