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[4] Design for a school and almshouses, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/17
Purpose
[4] Design for a school and almshouses, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Longitudinal section of a three-storey block with a pitched roof, and this is flanked by two-storey blocks with hipped roofs. The central block contains a room at each level, and the flanking blocks are divided into six rooms across two storeys
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the Alms houses and School to be built at Humberstone in Lincolnshire-
Signed and dated
- May 1780
Adelphi / 10.t May 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (520 x 325)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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