[141] Design for the building, 1771-72, as executed

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    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
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        Royal Society of Arts, numbers 18 and 19 (later 8 and 6) John Street
        Preliminary design, design, finished drawings and an engraving showing plans and elevations for the building, 1771-72, as executed (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/14

Purpose

[141] Design for the building, 1771-72, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the parlour (ground) storey of a three-bay terraced building, with a central tripartite entrance flanked by windows, and a large room at the rear, screened by columns at each end, and with a single central tripartite window, and the adjacent wall of the neighbouring building shown to the right-hand side, and containing model rooms, a hall and staircase

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Parlor Story of the Society of Arts House Adelphi (of the Society of Arts House Adelphi in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Great Model room / Small Model room / Hall and some measurements given (verso) 3

Signed and dated

1771-72
datable to 1771-72

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (299 x 465)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonom, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

XD&CB within a cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
Rowan, 1974, p. 675
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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