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[8] Design for a house, 1774, as executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/77
Purpose
[8] Design for a house, 1774, as executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan of the principal (first) and bedchamber (second) storeys of a house as Adam volume 43/76, but with no sunk area, and with tripartite windows to either side of the bow on the first storey of the garden front. With reception and domestic rooms on the first storey, and bedrooms on the second storey
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story (in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage / Bed Chamber / Closet / Passage / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Plan of the principal Story for Genl Scott Edinburgh (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Closet / Drawing Room / Dining Room / Dressing Room / Hall / Staircase / Dressing Room and some measurements given (verso) 6 / 14 (in pencil) / Number 14 (in red pen) / Plans for General Scott / 2d Design
Signed and dated
- 1774
Adelphi December 22. 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (498 x 573)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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