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The general front elevation of Hopetoun House
Adam, William, 1812, Engraving
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The general front elevation of Hopetoun House
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Title
The general front elevation of Hopetoun House
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The drawing is titled, 'The General Front of Hopton House toward the Court, The Seat of the Right Honourable the Earl of Hopton in the County of Linlithgow'.
This plate of the general front elevation of Hopetoun House designed by William Adam is from the book of his works, Vitruvius Scoticus.
Artist / maker
Adam, William
Engraver
Copper, R.
Date
1812
Size
23.0 x 68.0 cm
Type
Engraving
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Art and Design Library
In the 1720s this foremost Scottish architect of the time, William Adam (1689-1748) starting planning his publication of Vitruvius Scoticus. He aimed to present a collection of architectural drawings illustrating examples of his own classical building style and that of his contemporaries.
Vitruvius Scoticus was started and named in response to the Scottish architect and architectural writer Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus published 1715-1725. Vitruvius Scoticus was finally published in 1812 by William Adam’s grandson William Adam of Blair Adam (1751-1839), and contains 160 plates, including 100 of Adam's own designs.
William Adam designed numerous country houses and public buildings during the early C18th, examples of which are included in Vitruvius Scoticus.
Among his best known works are Hopetoun House (plates 14-21) near Edinburgh, and Duff House (plates 146-148) in Banff. His individual, exuberant style built on the Palladian style, but with Baroque details inspired by Vanbrugh and Continental architecture.
Vitruvius Scoticus continues to remain a reference for many an architect and architectural historian documenting the early development of a classical style in Scotland.
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