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[3] Preliminary design for houses in the New Town, 1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/9
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for houses in the New Town, 1777
Aspect
Elevation of a detail of a three-storey terrace of houses, with a balustraded roofline and a rusticated ground storey; composed of projecting three-bay pedimented blocks, articulated by fluted Ionic columns above the ground storey, and these blocks are connected by six-bay links
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Sketch of houses for the New town at Bath. For William Pulteney Esq (in pencil) / Sketch of Houses for the New Town at Bath for William Pulteney Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 1 / Note 7 Drawings have been cut out from here at some time / 1905
Signed and dated
- 29/07/1777
Adelphi / 29t. July 1777.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (537 x 383)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 76
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 76
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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