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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/54

Purpose

[2] Design for a house, 1790, executed

Aspect

Plan of a house comprising a central block with flanking projecting wings. The central block is divided into a series of rooms with a central lateral corridor linking to the flanking wings. There is a segmental arrangement of columns to the central front

Scale

bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Lord Lauderdales House at Dunbar

Signed and dated

  • 1790
    datable to 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (405x240)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 10
Further literary references in the scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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