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  • image SM Adam volume 31/123

Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/123

Purpose

[4] Design for the attic storey of a house, c1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of the attic storey of a five-bay house, with proposed additions. At the front of the house there are two apsidal ended bedrooms. To the rear, the right-handed bedroom is self-contained and accessed via a staircase, which leads to a separate ground-floor entrance below (Adam volume 31/118). Additions to the side and rear of the house contain a staircase and an additional bedroom

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Attic Story / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of a House for Messrs Drummonds Charing Cross / Dressing room / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Closet / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1777
    c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (445 x 532)

Hand

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

Verso

This to be rebound Twentieth (in the hand of William Adam, brown ink) / inscription (cropped, ink)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Sands, 2016, p.25
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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