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SM Adam volume 42/8

Purpose

[9] Preliminary design for a neo-classical house (2nd scheme), 1771, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the garden (south) front of a three-and-a-half-storey, seven-bay house, with a hipped roof, and a half-sunk basement. The central five bays projecting, and with pencil annotations showing that the ground storey windows are within relieving arches which are rusticated. The projecting bays are articulated on the first and second storey by Ionic pilasters

Scale

bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design for the Back Front for Mr. Baron Mure / at Caldwell / Sent to Scotland (verso) 2 / 3 / 2 / 3

Signed and dated

  • 25/11/1771
    Novr. 25t. 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (536 x 377)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with pencil-drawn annotations in the hand of Robert Adam

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
Rowan, 1985, p. 94
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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