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  • image SM Adam volume 31/117

Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/117

Purpose

[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of the basement storey of a five-bay house, with proposed additions. At the front of the house there is a strong room and a connecting plate room which are accessed via a staircase connecting to the book-keepers room and shop above (Adam volume 31/118). The additions to the side and rear of the building contain domestic offices, which are accessed separately via a passage and an additional staircase

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Storey- / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of a house for Messrs Drummonds Charing Cross / Passage / Strong room / Plate room / Staircase / Staircase / Housekeepers Store room / Servants Hall / Pantry / Butlers room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • Jan 1777
    Adelphi Janry 31.st 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (444 x 532)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

2

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Sands, 2016, p. 25
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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