[3] Finished drawing for the basement, ground and first floors of two houses, c.1761-65, unexecuted

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    - Ramsay Garden, Edinburgh: designs for a pair of houses for Allan Ramsay, c.1761-5, unexecuted (3)
      - Alternative design for two houses for Allan Ramsay, c.1761-65, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/38

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for the basement, ground and first floors of two houses, c.1761-65, unexecuted

Aspect

Upper: First floor plan of two houses comprising a staircase, dressing room and bed chamber with chimney pieces in each room Centre: Ground floor plan of two houses comprising a recessed portico with external stairs, a staircase, parlour and dressing room with chimney pieces in each room Lower: Basement plan of two houses comprising a kitchen with a chimney breast, a scullery, an additional room, and a staircase with access to lightwells at the front of the house

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Principal Story of a house for Allan Ramsay Esqr / (in pencil, in another hand) Drawing room / Drawing room / B. C / Parlour / Parlour / D. R / Dressing rm / Scullery / Kitchen / H. R with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

c.1761-65
datable to c.1761-65

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper within a ruled border (256x421)

Hand

Adam office hand

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Johnston, p. 5
Further literature references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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