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[18] Preliminary design for a memorial tower, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/33
Purpose
[18] Preliminary design for a memorial tower, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation of a square crenellated tower containing three storeys of windows, with a porch containing an arched door accessed by stairs, and with a round tower to one side, containing spiral staircase, and surmounted by a conical roof
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a Tower for the Honble Geo Baillie / on top of the Hill at Mellerstain / Over the entry door a pannel for a Monumental / Inscription / This [ _ _ _ _ _ ] of the Building / towards the House / The little tower with the Stairs to be 6 feet / Diamr within & the walls from 3 feet / at Bottom to nearly 2 feet at top / Cornice & facia wanted for the Gallery at Mellerstain / over a Grecian Ionic Capital & Base / a Drawing of a Cieling for that Room with / Compartments filled with Pannels & figures / in the Center with a Cieling for the Arches / Within the Columns, & a Spandrel finishing for / the ends over the Columns, Architraves for Doors & Windows & a Drawing of a Chimneypiece and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 29/10/1774
Adelphi 29th Octr. 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (395 x 325)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
Astley, 2000, p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Astley, 2000, p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 245
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