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[1] Design for a basement of a house, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/88
Purpose
[1] Design for a basement of a house, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Basement (ground) floor plan of a house comprising a central circular room flanked by two large rooms with corner turrets, and a large staircase to the rear. Extending from the rear of the main house is a service range comprising a central corridor flanked by smaller rooms and a pair of staircases
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(In pencil) Right copy / [_ _ _ _ _] / [_ _ _ _] [_ _ _ _] / closet with some room dimensions / (verso) no 5
Signed and dated
- 30/12/1791
Eding 30 Decr / 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (305x252)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 5
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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