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[16] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/188
Purpose
[16] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of a five- by nine-bay house, with a central tripartite window on the principal front, and the end bays projecting, with a central three-bay bow on the garden front and one of the side fronts, and with a central three-bay colonnade on the other side front, and containing a central imperial staircase, and a large circular room behind the bow on the garden front
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sir James Lowther
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (111 x 131)
Hand
Robert 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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