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[1] Finished drawing for the observatory, 1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/115
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for the observatory, 1767
Aspect
Plan of the basement storey of a circular building, with three entrances, behind which are curved elliptical lobbies, and a central circular room, and the entrances alternate with three windows onto passages to the central circular room, and with segmental recesses on each wall, forming a circular space in each passage, and with paired horse-show staircases on the principal front
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Basement Story (underwritten in pencil) / Wood / Coals
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (304 x 453)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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