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  • image SM Adam volume 45/56

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/56

Purpose

[6] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1785, unexcuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a three-by-three-bay house, with the central bay of the principal front set behind a porte cochère, and with a central entrance leading to an apsidal-ended hall. To the left there is a room with apsidal ends containing niches, and to the right there is a passage leading to a dog-leg staircase and an additional room to the rear. The central bay of the rear façade is projecting, and contains a stepped entrance leading to a large rectangular room

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Principal Story of a House for Gibbs Crawford Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Hall / Staircase and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1785
    c1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (472 x 293)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

3

Watermark

TW

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 133
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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