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  • image SM Adam volume 33/17

Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/17

Purpose

[23] Design for the basement of a prison building for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Basement plan of a prison building comprising a central heating room flanked by links with stairs, and cells. At one end of the heating room are three long passages leading to the central inspector tower and divided yard areas. The plan also shows the outline of the yards and bastions

Scale

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

Inscribed

Plan of the Sunk Passages from the Bridewell to the different Yards with the Stairs from the Story above ~ / at Edinburgh / Passage to the different Yards for exercise / Passage for the Inspector / Passage to the different Yards for exercise / Heating room / Cell / or Refectory / Cell / Women / Stairs / Coal cellar / Stairs / Cell / /or Refectory / Cell / Men with some room dimensions / (verso) (in pencil) Plans of Bridewell / (in pen) Bridewell finish’d Fronts, Sections & miniature [_ _ _ _] / 6 Pieces

Signed and dated

  • 1790-91
    datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper within a ruled border (781x584)

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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