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[5] Design for a house showing garret (second) storey, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/79
Purpose
[5] Design for a house showing garret (second) storey, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the garret (second) storey of an L-shaped house as Adam volume 35/78, but with roof light windows, and containing bedrooms and a dressing room
Scale
bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Garret Storey (underwritten in pencil) / Bedroom / Bedroom / Dressg room / Closet / Bedroom / Staircase / Lobby / Bedroom / Servts room / Bedroom and some measurements given (verso) No 14 / Mr Alston near Glasgow
Signed and dated
- 1791
datable to 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (253 x 304)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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