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[12] Design showing an elevation of the garden (south) front, 1772-73, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/18
Purpose
[12] Design showing an elevation of the garden (south) front, 1772-73, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the south (garden) front of a house, as Adam volume 37/17, but being only nine bays across, and with a tripartite window in the central bay, no external stairs, a straight seven-bay link, and a five-bay arcaded and glazed wing, with a wall beyond, and the left-hand wing is not drawn (verso) pencil drawn plans and elevations of a crenellated quadrant link
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
South Front of Fleurs Castle for His Grace The Duke of Roxburgh (for His Grace The Duke of Roxburgh in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) and some measurements given and some rough calculations in pencil (verso) 2 / 2 and some rough calculations
Signed and dated
- 24/10/1772
Adelphi / 24th October 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (1108 x 480)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam (verso) Robert Adam
Watermark
D&CBLAUW IV
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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