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[4] Finished drawing for the second storey of a house, 1788, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/117
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for the second storey of a house, 1788, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Plan of the bed chamber storey (second storey) comprising a central block containing five bed chambers and a staircase with the roofs of two flanking wings. There is a canted bay to the rear of the central bed chamber
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story (and in William Adam’s hand) for John MacCulloch Esqr / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / with some room dimensions and illegible pencil annotations. [Verso] 6
Signed and dated
- 29 March 1788
Albermale Street / 29 March 1788
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within ruled border on laid paper (475x276)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, II, Index, p. 3
Rowan, 1985, pp. 68-69
Further literature references in scheme notes
Rowan, 1985, pp. 68-69
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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