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[8] Finished drawing for the attic storey of a house, c1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/17
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for the attic storey of a house, c1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the attic storey of a five-by-five-bay building, with the central three bays receding, and with a central apsidal window. There is a central light well, with apsidal-ended rooms to the north-west and south-west, and a number of further rooms forming bedchambers. To the north there is a dog-legged staircase, with a further staircase to the south-west, which is alongside a water closet
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Whites Chocolate House (crossed through in pencil) Bed Room Story- (all in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Earl of Findlater (W.L. Spiers, modern curatorial hand, pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1783
c1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (615 x 484)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Verso
no 4 / 4
Notes
SM Adam volumes 36/10-18 are incorrectly inscribed by William Adam as part of the scheme for White’s Chocolate House, St James’s Street, London.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, pp. 103-4, Index, p. 45
Rowan, 1985, p. 138
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 57, 102-6, 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 138
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 57, 102-6, 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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