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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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