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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/40

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for a house, c.1792, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Upper: Longitudinal section comprising a three-storey building with an attic. The section shows Adam’s additional wing to the right which includes a basement and shows a different floor level to the existing house at ground and second storeys. The colour washes denote the building materials Lower: First storey plan showing a U-shaped building with a circular bow to the front. The colours denote the existing (black) and proposed fabric (grey and unwashed), showing an additional wing and circular bow proposed by Adam as well as some internal partitions including an apsidal end to the drawing room which is also shown in the section. Other rooms include a bed chamber, library or breakfast room and eating room

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

One pair story of a house for / ~ Mr Ramsay ~ (in the hand of William Adam) / Bed Chamber / Dressing / Drawing room / Staircase / Library or Breakfast room / Eating room / with some room dimensions and (in pencil) annotations

Signed and dated

  • c.1792
    datable to c.1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including black, grey, lemon yellow and pink within a ruled border on laid paper (226x323)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Part 1, pp. 233-4
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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