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  • image SM Adam volume 37/85 (verso)

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/85 (verso)

Purpose

[5] Alternative preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Alternative plan for the first storey of a v-shaped building, formed with a rear rotunda flanked by four-bay wings. The circular room forms a five-bay bow to the rear and contains a bedroom. Towards the principal front there is a central, double-height hall with a semi-circular staircase to the right. The wings flanking the rotunda contain further bedrooms

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • c1778
    c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (540 x 335)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

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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