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  • image SM Adam volume 37/40

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/40

Purpose

[11] Design for a stable and kitchen offices, 1776, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular courtyard surrounded by coach houses and stables, with staircases leading to an upper level. To the east of the stable offices there is a double-height kitchen, and to the south of the stable block there is the footprint of the house

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

For the Duke of Roxburgh (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / in Hanover Square (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / D / Coach House / Coach House / Chair House / Passage to Stable Offices / Kitchen Continued / B / A / Stable Court / Stable / Passage / Dung hole / Coach House / Coach House / Stable / C and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • August 1776
    Adelphi / August 6.t 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (328 x 535)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 293
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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