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[7] Design for the first storey of a house, c1785, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/57
Purpose
[7] Design for the first storey of a house, c1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a three-by-three-bay house, with the central bay of the principal front set with a balcony. The central bay of the rear façade is projecting, and contains an apsidal balcony flanked by paired columns. Beyond this there is a bedchamber with a shallow apse, and with irregular-shaped, mirrored closets beyond. There is a central passage and this links to bedchambers, and a dog-leg staircase
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Bed Chamber / Passage / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Closet / Water Closet
Signed and dated
- c1785
c1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (472 x 276)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Verso
Number 17 (brown ink) / Gibbs Crawford Esq.r (cropped) / 4 / 17 (pencil)
Watermark
GR surmounted by a banded cartouche supporting a fleur-de-lis
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 133
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 133
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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