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[4] Design for the attic storey of a house, 1790, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/113
Purpose
[4] Design for the attic storey of a house, 1790, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the attic storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with a bow front in the southern facade. The bowed space is divided into two bedrooms with corner closets, and beyond this a passage links to flanking bedrooms. There is stepped access linking from the passage to the northern section of the building, which contains a dog-legged staircase flanked by further bedrooms, and there is a passage for powdering
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Plan of the Attick Story of Ninewells House (underwritten in pencil) / the Seat of Joseph Hume Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Copy this in Imperial (?) (pencil) / Bed room / Bed room / Bed room / Bed room / Passage / Bedroom / Passage for Powdering in / Closet / Bed Room / Closet and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- July 1790
Edinr 4 July / 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (359 x 270)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand
Possibly
Office hand, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand
Possibly
Office hand, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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