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[1] Finished drawing for the ground storey of a house, c1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/23
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for the ground storey of a house, c1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a thirteen-bay building, with a central portico entrance leading to a hall with a colonnaded screen. To the left of the hall there is a bedroom and dressing room, and to the right there is an apsidal drawing room. To the rear of the hall there is an apsidal passage with alcoves, and this links to a circular dining room with niches and a bow window. To the left of the dining room a colonnaded passage links to an external courtyard, and this leads to bedrooms beyond. To the right of the dining room a colonnaded passage leads to a further courtyard, with domestic offices and a staircase beyond. At the rear off the building there is a bowed, stepped colonnade
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
General Hervey Principal Story (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / 24 (pencil) / Hall / Bed Room- / Dressing Room / Bed Room / Closet / Closet / Bed Room / Place for Coals / Neccess.y / Court- / Passage / Passage / Dining Room- / Necess.y / Scullery / Court- / Passage / Kitchen- / Stair case/ House Keepers Room / Drawing Room / Extends 94. Feet- and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1766
c1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (503 x 603)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 260
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 260
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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