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[18] Preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/102 verso
Purpose
[18] Preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1779, unexecuted
Aspect
As SM Adam volume 45/101, but with alterations. The breakfast room is apsidal ended, with niches, and there is an alternative formation of rooms to the right of the principal stairs, with a central apsidal ended room
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Vestibule Hall (pencil) / Breakfast R (pencil) / Drawg Room (pencil) / Area / 5 / faint pencil calculations and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1779
c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (367 x 474)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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