[4] Design for a plan and laid-out wall elevations of the library or hall for the Writer of the Signet, 1791, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/08

Purpose

[4] Design for a plan and laid-out wall elevations of the library or hall for the Writer of the Signet, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and laid-out wall elevations of a rectangular room with an upper gallery and an opening onto a staircase in one corner, as shown in SM Adam volume 33/6. Both levels are lined with bookcases flanked by columns. There are three arched windows in one wall, a chimneypiece in the other and a tripartite window within a recessed arch in the other. The different colour washes denote the building material

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand William Adam) Edinburgh / (in another hand) Plan of the Library or Hall / for the Writers to the Signet / Gallery / Gallery / (in pencil) Open / (verso) Plans of the Writer’s Library as last fixed / N^o 3 these Plans go 2^d into the Book / Writer’s Library Record Room & Correct Plans

Signed and dated

3/11/1791
Edin^r 3^d Nov^r / 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including lemon yellow and pink on laid paper (637x483)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Watermark

Footed P

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
Kerr, 1998, pp. 4-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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