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[1] Design for a building, c.1788-93, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/75
Purpose
[1] Design for a building, c.1788-93, executed status unknown
Aspect
Plan for the principal floor of a building containing a hall with an apsidal end opening onto a large rotunda with columned entryways, four corner apses, a semi-circular desk and two stairwells. Flanking the hall and rotunda are corridors with stairwells at one end followed by smaller outer rooms. One side has been partly erased
Scale
bar scale of ¾ of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Plan for the Bank of Scotland / Bank Rotunda / Hall / (in pencil and another hand) bank [_ _ _] with some calculations
Signed and dated
- c.1788-93
date of 1788-93 suggested by the Bank’s archivist as detailed in King
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (386x332)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, Daniel Robertson or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, Daniel Robertson or John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 59
King, 2001, p. 54
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 54
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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