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[5] Finished drawing for the house, c1765-85, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/22
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for the house, c1765-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a crenellated three-and-a-half-storey, seven-bay house, with a hipped roof with a central stack, and a half-sunk basement, with canted bows in the end three bays on each side, with a door in the centre of the bow on the principal storey, on the left-hand side, and accessed by a straight flight of steps, and the windows on the first storey are arches, and the central bay contains tripartite windows, balustraded on the first storey, and set within a relieving arch
Scale
bar scale of 1 4/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design for the front of a House proposed to be built by Dr. Ferguson in Queen Street Edinburgh.
Signed and dated
- 1765-85
date range: c1765-85
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and was set within a single ruled border on laid paper (501 x 357)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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