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  • image SM Adam volume 46/95

Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/95

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for the north front and the ground storey of a house, c1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation and plan for a two-and-a-half-storey, five-by-four-bay building as SM Adam volumes 35/53 and 35/58

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Unknown (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / 35 / 35th (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1790
    c1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (133 x 226)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Richard Crichton or John Charels, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Rowan, 1985, p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 109, 127, pl. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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