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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/97

Purpose

[4] Design for the second storey, 1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the attic storey of the central seven-bay block of a thirteen-bay building. The central block contains and apsidal ended music room, which is double-height, with an apsidal ended bedroom to the rear. There is a central passage, which terminates in staircases flanked by bedchambers and a dressing room. The central block is flanked by three-bay wings

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the two Pair Story / No. 4. (brown ink) / Mr. R. had a fair copy of this (brown ink) / Music room continued / Bed Chamber / Dress.g room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / this was not altered and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • October 1778
    Adelphi / 1.st October 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (482 x 264)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Verso

Esqr Syon Hill 1st Design / 4 / number 27 (brown ink) / 27 (pencil) / (obscured) Robinson Esqre

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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