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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/108

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for a greenhouse, c1774-77, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a single-storey, three-bay balustraded greenhouse crowned by sculpture, with arched, glassed windows, articulated by fluted Corinthian pilasters and engaged columns, and the central arch takes the form of a Venetian window and is surmounted by a pediment, and the whole has a frieze of rinceaux and a modillioned cornice

Scale

bar scale of 4 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of a Greenhouse for David Garrick Esquire at the Villa near Hampton (verso) Elevation of a Green house & of a Br(ew hou covered with repair to paper)se Ornamented Door for David Garrick Es [cropped]

Signed and dated

  • c1774-77
    datable to c1774-77 or earlier, see drawing note

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (518 x 361)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Watermark

IV surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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