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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/84

Purpose

[3] Design for the ground storey of a house, 1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a v-shaped building, formed with a central rear rotunda, flanked by four-bay wings. In the principal front there is a central, stepped, portico entrance leading to an apsidal-ended hall. The hall is flanked by staircases, with a powdering room set behind the right-hand staircase. To the rear of the house there is a circular room which forms a five-bay bow and contains a drawing room with steps leading to the grounds. Beyond the drawing room there is a v-shaped passage containing niches, and the passage links to a library and eating room, which are set within the flanking wings

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of a House proposed to be built at Harwich for John Robinson Esq.r / Drawing room / Eating room / Hall / Powd.g room / Library / A (pencil) / B (pencil) / C (pencil) / D (pencil) 83 (pencil) / No. 12 (brown ink) / Mr R. has a fair copy of this (brown ink) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • October 1778
    Adelphi / 1.st Oct.r 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (538 x 375)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 17
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 162-63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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