Office of Robert Adam (1728-1792)
Office of Robert Adam (1728-1792)

Two designs for the elevation and pavilions of the east and west fronts at Gosford House, East Lothian, seat of the Earl of Wemyss

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Office of Robert Adam (1728-1792)
Two designs for the elevation and pavilions of the east and west fronts at Gosford House, East Lothian, seat of the Earl of Wemyss
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash on paper
16 x 25 ½ in. (40.6 x 64.9 cm.); two in one frame
(2)
Provenance
W.H. Playfair, Edinburgh.

Lot Essay

It has been suggested that this drawing is in the hand of one of Adam's two lead draughtsmen from the period 1790-1792, John Robertson or Robert Morison. he drawings do not show the house exactly as executed, as it was not finished until 1800, eight years after Adam's death.

William Henry Playfair (1790-1857) was one of the greatest Scottish architects of the 19th Century and the designer of many of Edinburgh's neo-classical landmarks Edinburgh's New Town.

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