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[11] Design for a house, c1771, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/86
Purpose
[11] Design for a house, c1771, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house, with a hipped roof, a string course between the ground and first storeys, and a central front door, flanked by engaged Doric columns supporting a lintel ornamented with a Doric frieze
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Elevation of a House / For The Honble Mr. Baron Grant and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1771
datable to c1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (244 x 350)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 72
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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