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[18] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/175
Purpose
[18] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house, with a hipped roof, with an arcade across the central three bays on the ground floor, and surmounted by the first and second storeys, which are recessed in the central three bays, and behind a screen of two columns. The end bays are slightly projecting, rusticated on the ground storey, articulated by pilasters on the first and second storeys, and have Venetian windows on the first storey
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sir James Lowther Baronet
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (198 x 153)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 131
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 131
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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