[17] Finished drawing for the principal elevation of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Public buildings
  - Bridewell, Edinburgh: designs for a group of prison buildings, 1790-91, executed in part (33)
    - Design for a castle-style bridewell scheme, 1791, unexecuted (11)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/9

Purpose

[17] Finished drawing for the principal elevation of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a group of prison buildings, same as SM Adam volume 1/74 with some minor omissions and additions including elevations of the flanking wings which terminate in in two-storey, five-bay blocks, all over a half-sunk basement. The central gable contains a clock, with a little belfry above and the outer gabled ends are of a matching design

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the North front of a Bridewell for the County & City of Edinburgh proposed to be erected / upon the Caltoun[sic] Hill with the Front of the Governors House & etc ~ with some dimensions / (verso) (in pencil) Bridewell

Signed and dated

1790-91
datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (545x338)

Hand

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

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

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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