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  • image SM Adam volume 29/126

Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/126

Purpose

[3] Design for the first floor of a house, c.1768-9, not executed

Aspect

Recto: first floor plan comprising a drawing room and three bed chambers, each with chimney breasts, arranged around a staircase Verso: Preliminary design, same as recto but with curved chimney breasts

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

One pair of Stairs of a house for Andrew Crosbie Esqr / in the new town Edinburgh ~ / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Drawing Room / Bed Chamber / (verso) One pair of Stairs / No 3

Signed and dated

  • c.1768-9
    datable to c.1768-9

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (591x496)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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