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[13] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 7/153
Purpose
[13] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of a house with a three-bay central block, with a portico across the principal front, flanked by five-bay recessed links, and two- by five-bay pavilion with central three-bay bows across the side fronts, and a rough part plan of another storey of the same house
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sr James Lowther (in pen) and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (185 x 177)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 131
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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