[21] Finished drawing for the west front of kitchen offices, c1784, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Brasted Place, Kent, a house and interiors for Doctor John Turton, c1784-88 (44)
    - Preliminary designs and finished drawings for a second scheme for a house, c1784, unexecuted (14)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/86

Purpose

[21] Finished drawing for the west front of kitchen offices, c1784, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a seven-bay building, as SM Adam volume 1/83

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

West front of the Offices / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) for Doctor Turton at Brasted Place Kent / No. 31.

Signed and dated

c1784
c1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (493 x 362)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part-title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Doctor Turtons / house and Offices (crossed through) / (and in the hand of William Adam) Offices Brasted / 10 (crossed through) / 4 / Number 18 (in the hand of William Adam, brown ink)

Watermark

J KOOL fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 106, 122; Volume II, pl. 117
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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