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[24] Finished drawing (possibly made for publication) for a rectangular house, 1771, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/54
Purpose
[24] Finished drawing (possibly made for publication) for a rectangular house, 1771, unexecuted
Aspect
View of a house set within a landscape, following the design shown in the right-hand side of Adam volume 33/43
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View of a Design for Lowther Castle the Seat of Sir James Lowther Baronet (verso) No 1
Signed and dated
- 1771
datable to 1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (916 x 460)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
two fleur de lis within crowned cartouches
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
Astley, 2000, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Astley, 2000, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
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