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[3] Design for the observatory, 1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/117
Purpose
[3] Design for the observatory, 1767
Aspect
Plan of the second storey of a circular building, with three recessed windows, behind screens of two columns, lighting a central circular room, and alternating with bays containing windows, articulated by pilasters, and the windows light small circular chambers, one of which contains a spiral staircase, and there is a rough pencil-drawn segmental design for ornamentation in the bottom left-hand corner
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the two Pairs of Stairs Story
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (304 x 451)
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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