[6] Finished drawing for a section through Edinburgh High School, 1776, unexecuted

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  - Edinburgh (Royal) High School, High School Yards: designs for a school, 1776-77, unexecuted (8)
    - Designs for Edinburgh High School, 1776, unexecuted (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/29

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for a section through Edinburgh High School, 1776, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal section from east to west of a two-storey building with a central clock tower. There are staircases in the east rooms and ground-floor of the west room and the floor levels are the same across the building. The first-floor central room, below the clock tower is domed. There is a spiral staircase leading to the clock tower with a bell at the top

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section of a New Design for the High School at Edinburgh from East to West upon the line C.D on the Plan

Signed and dated

8/10/1776
Adelphi Oct^r 8^th 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (601x497)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

Footed P

Literature

Bolton, II, 1922, p. 11
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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