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  • image SM Adam volume 35/78

Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/78

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for a house showing the first storey, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first of a house as Adam volume 35/77, but with no right-hand rear projecting wing, meaning that this storey is shown as L-shaped rather than U-shaped, and the central room on the garden front is divided into two

Scale

bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Storey of a house for / John Alston Esqr near Glasgow (of a house for / John Alston Esqr near Glasgow in the hand of William Adam underwritten in pencil) / Dressg room / Bed Chamber / Powdg room / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Lobby / Drawing room / Bed Chamber / Ante room and some measurements given (verso) No 3

Signed and dated

  • 28/10/1791
    Edinr _ 28th _ Octr. / 1791-

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (367 x 273)

Hand

Adam office hand, probably Robert Morison or John Robertson, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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