[5] Design for the garret of a house, 1785, executed status unknown

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/114

Purpose

[5] Design for the garret of a house, 1785, executed status unknown

Aspect

Garret plan for a house comprising a series of servants' bedrooms and closets with a small staircase to the front of the house. The central rear bedroom is within a bow and there is a lightwell between the two closets

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Garret Story / Servt^s Bedroom / Closet / Servants Bed / room / Closet / Closet / Passage / Servants Bedroom / Serv^ts Bedroom / Serv^ts Bedroom / (verso) 6 / House for Ilay Campbell Esq^r L^d Advocate of Scotland

Signed and dated

8/6/1785
Adelphi / 8^th June 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (381x464)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

GR surmounted by a shield crowned with the fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125

Level

Drawing

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