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[1] Design for the Ordnance Office, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/73
Purpose
[1] Design for the Ordnance Office, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of an eleven-by-three-bay building, with corner turrets. The building has a central entrance, with the flanking bays projecting, and the entrance leads to an open space with a double arcade. To the rear of the building there is a three-by-one-bay block containing a central dog-legged staircase, and this is flanked by a room to the left, and to the right there is a room and a passageway with an external entrance
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ordnance Office (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (472 x 293)
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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