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  • image SM Adam volume 37/97

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/97

Purpose

[3] Design for the first storey of a house, c1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of part of a building formed from two separate blocks. The left-hand block contains a double-height hall and eating room, with dressing rooms to the left which are accessed via a staircase linking to the ground storey. The right-hand block is accessed via the dog-legged, principal staircase, and this contains bedrooms and a water closet. Two of the bedrooms have canted bay windows

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Hall continued / Dress.g roo (sic) / Dress.g room / Eating room continued / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1785
    c1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (262 x 243)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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