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  • image SM Adam volume 45/111

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/111

Purpose

[2] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1785, executed status unknown

Aspect

Design for the ground (parlour) floor of a house comprising a series of rooms arranged around a central staircase, with an additional staircase to the front of the house. The rear room is within a bow. Rooms include a hall, eating room, waiting room and business room

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Parlor Story (and in the hand of William Adam) of a house for / Ilay Campbell Esqr Lord Advocate of Scotland / (and in another hand) West / North / East / South / Business Room / Waiting room / Dressg room / Water / Closet / Great Staircase / Eating room / Hall / Back stairs with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 8/6/1785
    Adelphi / 8th June 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (285x465)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

WT

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125

Level

Drawing

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