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[24] Finished drawing for the second storey of the library, c1788, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/21
Purpose
[24] Finished drawing for the second storey of the library, c1788, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the second-storey of a seven-by-eleven-bay building with a bow front set behind a columnar screen. To the rear there is a recessed, central, canted front, and single bays in the centre of the eastern and western sides of the building project and contain staircases. The central portion of the building is formed with an octagonal room at the front of the building and a circular room to the rear. These are linked via single bay links and a central octagonal room, which connect to the right and left-hand wings via link bays. The principal rooms all contain bookcases
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the two pair Story / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of a Library for Kings College Cambridge / Library / 24 wide / 102 ft long / Library / 24 wide / Library / 30 D.m / 17 D.m / Library 33 D.m / Library / 24 wide / 102 ft long / Library 24 wide / No. 33 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1788
c1788
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (361 x 493)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
Fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Notes
4 / 4 / Library for Kings College Cambridge / (and in the hand of Willima Adam, brown ink) This to be Placed Third
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, pp. 173-79; Index, p. 6
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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