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[6] Design showing the garden front for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/130
Purpose
[6] Design showing the garden front for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of the garden (southeast) front of a house as Adam volume 29/131, but with no windows on the mezzanine storey, and the bow is behind a five-bay arcade on the ground storey, which is surmounted by a five-bay Ionic balustraded colonnade on the first storey
Scale
bar scale of 1 4/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
South East towards the Park (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 1
Signed and dated
- 19/07/1773
19 July 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (421 x 269)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
VL surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
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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