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[2] Design for a garden seat, 1767, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/141
Purpose
[2] Design for a garden seat, 1767, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a garden temple taking the form of a hemi-octagon, and containing a segmental-shaped room. The building is a single storey, and a single bay, pedimented with acroteria, and with an arched, open front, screened by lotus capital columns and pilasters
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Garden Seat For the Right Honble Lord Viscount Lisburne and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767 (in pencil)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (316 x 455)
Hand
Adam office hand
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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