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[7] Finished drawing for the south front of the house, 1767-68, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/1
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for the south front of the house, 1767-68, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, nine-bay central block with a hipped roof, flanked on either side by a one-storey, one-bay, balustraded link containing a Venetian window, and a one-storey, five-bay pavilion with a hipped roof, the windows within relieving arches, and the bays articulated by fluted Ionic columns and with paired fluted Ionic pilasters at each end. The central block has a rusticated basement, string courses of fret and Vitruvian scroll, Spalatro pilasters ornamented with anthemia running across the first and second storeys, panels of arabesque acanthus leaves, a fluted frieze, and a central pediment containing figurative sculptures
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for finishing the South Front of Kenwood House. For The Right Honorable Lord Mansfield Lord Chief Justice of England and some measurements given (verso) Lord Mansfield / 1 / Lord Mansfield (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1768
Robt Adam Architect 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1741 x 445)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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