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[8] Design for the ground storey of the stables, 1789, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/70
Purpose
[8] Design for the ground storey of the stables, 1789, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a stable block, with a central, three-bay coach house, flanked by L-shaped wings, with coach horses stabled in the left-hand wing and saddle horses stabled in the right-hand wing
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Stable Offices for Ruscomb- / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) the seat of Lord Chief Baron Eyre / Coach horse Stable / Passage / Harness room / Stable for field horses / Coach Horse Stable / Double Coach house / Double Coach house / Double Coach house / Saddle horse stable / Stable for Strangers horses / Saddle room / Saddle horse stable and some dimensions and figures given
Signed and dated
- May 1789
30.t May 1789-
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (478 x 591)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Daniel Robertson or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Daniel Robertson or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES, GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 394; Volume II, pp. 183, 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 394; Volume II, pp. 183, 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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