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[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/39
Purpose
[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-five-bay building, with the central three bays of the west front receding, and containing a central entrance with a circular colonnaded portico. This leads to a hall with columned screens, and a rear apse flanked by niches. To the south of this there is a curved, bifurcated staircase, and to the north there is an apsidal-ended vestibule, set with columnar screens. The rooms to the north contain an eating room, ante-room and drawing rooms. To the south there is a bedchamber, dressing rooms, an oval powdering room and a water closet
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Principal Story of a town house for the Earl of Findlater (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Portico / Hall / Vestibul / Eating room / Anti room / Drawing room / Drawing room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Dressing room / Waiting room / Powd.r room / Water Closet / Back stairs / Staircase / 22 (red ink) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1783
Adelphi / 27. August 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (512 x 370)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
no 4
Watermark
J KOOL surmounted by fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
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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