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  • image SM Adam volume 21/3

Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/3

Purpose

[14] Preliminary design for the fifth scheme for the house, c1777, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and two elevations for a house, composed of a V-shaped central block, with a large bow front at the rear, and flanked by links and canted pavilions, and the elevations show that the principal front has the central three bays slightly projecting, and the garden front bow rises to form a conical tower

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • c1777
    datable to c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and wash on laid paper (467 x 303)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Astley, 2000, p. 15
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Robert Adam's Castles, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 16 June - 16 September 2000

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk