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  • image SM Adam volume 33/99

Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/99

Purpose

[7] Design for a house, 1792, executed status unknown

Aspect

Longitudinal section showing a three-storey house over a basement with an adjoining single-storey wing. The ground level slopes down to the base of the building on either side. The coloured washes denote the building materials

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from West to East through the House & Court of Kitchen Offices

Signed and dated

  • 22/03/1792
    Albemarle / 22 March datable to 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including lemon yellow and pink on laid paper (365x287)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Watermark

W surmounted by a crowned cartouche

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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