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[9] Finished drawing for a crescent on the riverfront, c1773-82
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/1
Purpose
[9] Finished drawing for a crescent on the riverfront, c1773-82
Aspect
View of two crescent-shaped terraces facing the river, supported by an arcaded undercroft. Each of the two terraces is composed of a three-and-a-half-storey, twenty-bay building, with the five bays at each end projecting and articulated by giant engaged Corinthian columns; containing a central three-bay bow which is surmounted by a balustrade. Between the two terraces there is a distant view of a third V-shaped block making use of a similar ornamental composition
Scale
measured
Inscribed
Perspective View of a Crescent at Bath (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 1 / Number 1 (in red pen) / Perspective View of Crescent
Signed and dated
- 1773-82
date range: 1773-82
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including sepia and cerulean blue on laid paper (1337 x 502)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 76
Rowan, 2007, p. 68
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 76
Rowan, 2007, p. 68
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers, Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 September 2007 - 12 January 2008; The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, 19 April - 24 May 2008; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 24 October - 13 December 2008
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