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[41] Design for a banqueting house, 1785, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/40
Purpose
[41] Design for a banqueting house, 1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Profile of a building as in Adam volumes 33/38, 41-42, 112, but with a tripartite window in the upper register of the central block, and showing the porte cochère to be composed of an arch
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For the Earl of Lonsdale (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 3 Elevations 1 Plan for Lord Lonsdale
Signed and dated
- 1785
datable to 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (300 x 516)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 245
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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