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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/102

Purpose

[4] Design for the first floor of a house, 1792, executed status unknown

Aspect

Bed chamber (first floor) plan of a house comprising a series of bed chambers arranged in a square with a staircase in the corner

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / Dressg room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressg room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Anti room / (and in pencil) This was [_ _ _ _ /_ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ ]

Signed and dated

  • 18/02/1792
    18th February 92
  • 22/03/1792
    Albemarle Street / 22nd March 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (192x185)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Watermark

Crowned cartouche [in part]

Literature

Bolton, Vol. II, Index, 1922, p. 31
King, Vol. II, 2001, p. 134
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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