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[1] Design for the basement of a house, c.1768-9, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/124
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement of a house, c.1768-9, unexecuted
Aspect
Recto: basement plan comprising a central corridor with a rear staircase and flanking rooms. Rooms include a housekeepers room, kitchen, servants hall and a wash house and laundry
Verso: preliminary design, same as recto
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
(in pencil) Sunk Story / No. 1 / (in pen) Sunk Story – of a house for Andrew Crosbie Esqr / (in pencil) at the new town of Edinburgh / (in pen) at the new town of Edinburgh / Wash house & Laundry / Servants Hall - / Madeira & / Strong Beer / Small Beer / ‘Cellar’ / Pantry / Cooks Bed / Scullery / Housekeepers Room / Larder / Kitchen / (verso) 5 / (in pencil) Wash house & Laundry / Servants Hall / Cooks Bed / Scullery / Housekeepers room / Kitchen
Signed and dated
- c.1768-69
datable to c.1768-9
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (591x495)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 125
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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