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[4] Design for the Ordnance Office, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/71
Purpose
[4] Design for the Ordnance Office, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Longitudinal section of a two-storey, eleven-bay building with a hipped roof. There is an arcade at the ground-storey and first-storey levels, with entrances in the fifth and sixth bays. The seventh bays are blank, and the remaining bays contain windows. The end bays form turrets
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the Ordnance Office (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink on laid paper (440 x 267)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
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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