[54] Finished drawing for the stables, second design, c1767, unexecuted

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

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/40

Purpose

[54] Finished drawing for the stables, second design, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a five-bay block with entrances to the front and rear. The front entrances are flanked by staircases set within square stairwells. To the rear of the building there is a space for stalls. To the right- and left-hand sides of the principal block there are link blocks containing further stalls. The link blocks are flanked by pavilions containing staircases and larger stalls, possibly for carriages. To the rear of the principal block there is an additional four-by-one-bay building containing raised coppers

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

2.d Design for Luton Stables The Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1767
c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (673 x 507)

Hand

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

Verso

number 2 (brown ink) / 2 / Luton Stables 2d / 12 (pencil)

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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