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[7] Preliminary design for a rustic cottage, c1768
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/170
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design for a rustic cottage, c1768
Aspect
Rough elevation and two part-drawn sections for a rustic cottage with a hipped roof; with a central five-bay conical bow, supported by tree-trunk columns, and behind which is a door with two windows to either side; and the bow is flanked on each side by a single bay containing a latticed window, and a further bay at a diagonal (verso) rough pencil-drawn elevation of an unrelated house
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to c1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (158 x 195)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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