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[3] Finished drawing showing an elevation for the first scheme for additions to the building, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/21
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing showing an elevation for the first scheme for additions to the building, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a crenellated curtain wall, with a three-storey, three-bay central block, with a central door, being the only opening on the ground storey, and the window above the central door is within a relieving arch, and the central block is flanked by three-bay circular towers, and beyond are two-storey six-bay links, with windows in the first storey, and beyond are two-and-a-half-storey, three-bay square towers, further six-bay links, then three-storey, three-bay circular towers, thirteen-bay links, and further circular towers
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the Wall for the first Design of the King's Bench Prison (underwritten in pencil) (verso) 1 / 1
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (796 x 325)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
Astley, 2000, pp. 34-35
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Astley, 2000, pp. 34-35
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
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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