[7] Design of the mezzanine storey of a house, c1774

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Great George Street, number 10, London and an unknown site for Henry Drummond, 1765-1781 (13)
      - Preliminary design and designs for a house, unknown site, c1774 (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/48

Purpose

[7] Design of the mezzanine storey of a house, c1774

Aspect

Elevation of a three-bay house, with the front central bay slightly projecting. At the front of the house the double-height drawing room of the first floor continues. Beyond this there is the principal staircase, an additional staircase, a conical light well and a dressing room. To the rear of the house there are two apsidal-ended bedrooms. Miss Drummond’s bedroom links to a circular dressing room, which forms the central bow at the rear. Narrow advances in the end bays contain powdering rooms with water closets

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Henry Drummond Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Plan of the Mezzanine Story of the Second Design B. / 14th (pencil) / Powdering room Water Closet / Dressing room / Powdering room / Miss Drummonds Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Drawing room continued and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1774
c1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (259 x 461)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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