[9] Design for the elevation of a classical-style stables, 1791, executed to a variant design

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - House of the Bush, Midlothian: designs for a house and stables for Robert Trotter, 1791, executed in part (9)
    - Designs for the elevation of a house and stables (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/90

Purpose

[9] Design for the elevation of a classical-style stables, 1791, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Elevation and part-section of a single-storey stable range with a pitched roof. In the centre is a large three-bay arcaded opening with a pediment above. At one end is another connecting range showing a room with a pitched roof and a section of a lean-to range with a flat roof

Scale

bar scale of ¾ of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Front of the Stable Offices for Robert Trotter Esquire of the Bush – / (verso) no. 7 / (in another hand) Robert Trotter Esq^r / R Trotter Esq^r Bush

Signed and dated

30/12/1791
datable to 30 December 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (372x270)

Hand

Possibly
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, pp. 161, 216, 244
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

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