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[8] Design for the first storey of a house, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/107
Purpose
[8] Design for the first storey of a house, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the second storey of the central seven-bay block of a thirteen-bay building. The seven-bay block has three-bay bowed windows to the front and rear, and contains bedrooms, a dressing room and a powdering room. There is a central passage, and this terminates in staircases at either end. The central block is flanked by three-bay wings
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the two pair Story / of a House for (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / John Robinson Esq Syon Hill (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / No. 49 (brown ink) / Mr. R. has a fair copy (brown ink) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Powdering room / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Dress.g room / Bed Chamber / A (pencil) / B (pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- February 1779
Adelphi / 15.t Feby. 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (473 x 320)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
number (brown ink) / John Robinson Esq.r Syon hill 4th (crossed through) Design
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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