[52] Finished drawing for the stables, first design, c1767, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Luton Park, designs for a house and interiors including an organ case for John Crichton Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, c1763-72 (56)
    - Finished drawings for the stables, first design, c1767, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/38

Purpose

[52] Finished drawing for the stables, first design, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a stable block with a central rotunda containing stalls and with entrances to the front and rear. The rotunda links to flanking blocks containing further stalls and with central entrances in the principal front. Beyond this there are pavilions containing staircases and larger stalls, possibly for the storage of carriages

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

1st Design for Luton Stables for the Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

c1767
c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (656 x 470)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

2 / number 11 (brown ink) / 11 (pencil)

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 344; Volume II, p. 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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