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  • image SM Adam volume 21/224

Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/224

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a prison building for Edinburgh Bridewell, c.1790-91, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan for a bridewell comprising a central, circular room flanked by the governor’s offices with four radiating wings with cells and a day room

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(In pencil) Plan for Bridewell / (in pen) Womens side / Day room / Parlour / Day room / Convicts side / [_ _ _ _] [_ _ _ _ _] / or / Deputy Genrl / Govers. Kitchen / / Govers, Office / Day room / Bridewell side / Day room / Felons side

Signed and dated

  • c.1790-91
    Datable to c.1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (236x206)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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