[9] Design for a house, 1779, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/104

Purpose

[9] Design for a house, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal section of a two-and-a-half storey block, with a hipped, balustraded roof, and this is flanked by two-storey wings, with a pitched roof. The central rooms of the principal block are apsidal ended, and there are wine bins at the ground-storey level

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

3d Design (in the hand of William Adam) / Section from A to B as Mark't on the Plans- / for John Robinson Esqr at Syon Hill (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / No. 51 (brown ink) / Mr. R. has a copy in lines (brown ink) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

February 1779
Adelphi 15.t Feby. / 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (427 x 274)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with part title inscription the hand of William 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.

Level

Drawing

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