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[3] Design for the second floor and garret of a house, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/89
Purpose
[3] Design for the second floor and garret of a house, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: Roof and garret plan of a house comprising a rectangular building with corner turrets. The roof is hipped. In the centre is a large circular room with three windows, and a rear staircase
Lower: Second floor and roof plan of a house and service range. The house comprises a series of bedrooms arranged around a central circular room and staircase, with four corner turrets. The roofs to the service range are pitched
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(In pencil) Right copy / (verso) no 6 / Trotter Esqr right [_ _ _]ies
Signed and dated
- 30/12/1791
Eding 1791 / datable to 30/12/791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (247x493)
Hand
possibly
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 5
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
King, volume 2, 2001, p. 161
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
King, volume 2, 2001, p. 161
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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