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[2] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1790-91, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/27
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1790-91, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground floor plan of a group of prison buildings comprising a central block flanked by two courtyards enclosed on each side by cells, with an infirmary at one end and a bedlam at the other, and at the top by a D-shaped range of cells with a central division to form two courts for women and idle youth. There is a chapel and managers room at the bottom, flanked by a block for the chaplain and surgeon which are linked by a connecting wall. Rooms, other than individual cells, include a kitchen larder, coal cellar, apothecary shop, nurses room, black hole, and offices for the work mistresses and head keeper
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Ground Plan of the Bridewell for Edinburgh proposed to be built on the Calton hill / Court with Cells / for Idle Youth / Court with Cells / for Women / Court with Cells / for / Small Crimes / Court with Cells / for / Debtors / Black / hole / Privy / Keeper / Privy / Keeper / Scullery / Kitchen / Coal Cellar / Larder / Larder / Scullery / Apothecarys Shop / Water / Closet / Infirmary / Water / Closet / Nurses / room / Bedlam / Head / Keeper / Head / Keeper / Office / Work / Mistress / Work / Mistress / Closet / Managers room / & / Chapel / Surgeon / Chaplains with some room dimensions / (verso) 10
Signed and dated
- 1790-91
datable to 1790-91
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including verdigris, cerulean blue and Payne’s grey on laid paper (635x478)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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