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  • image SM Adam volume 19/118

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/118

Purpose

[4] Design for the observatory, 1767

Aspect

Plan of the balustraded roof of a circular building, with the roofs of three circular turrets visible, one of which contains a spiral staircase

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Leads for Observations (underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    datable to 1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (305 x 452)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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