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[10] Design for alterations to the house, c1768-72, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/8
Purpose
[10] Design for alterations to the house, c1768-72, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the side of a two-storey seven-bay house, with a hipped roof, a fluted frieze, and with the two end bays projecting, and articulated by Corinthian pilasters, and in between in a three-bay bow in the ground storey, behind a portico of paired Ionic columns, surmounted by a balustrade
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
West Front of Gunton house in Norfolk the Seat of / Sir Harbord Harbord Baronet (all in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1768-72
datable to c1768-72
Medium and dimensions
Pen within a double ruled border on laid paper (596 x 424)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
King, 2001, Volume II, p, 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p, 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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