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[5] Design for a house showing an axial section, 1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/85
Purpose
[5] Design for a house showing an axial section, 1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Axial section through a house as Adam volumes 33/84, 86 and 89, with a two-storey house with a pitched roof, with a single-storey bow at the front, and single-storey offices to the rear
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section across the House & Offices
Signed and dated
- 05/06/1789
Albermarle Street / 5t. June 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink and yellow wash on laid paper (475 x 293)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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