[26] Finished drawing for the section of a prison building 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)
    - Variant design for a castle-style bridewell scheme, 1791, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/15

Purpose

[26] Finished drawing for the section of a prison building for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal section through a prison building showing a four-storey, domed chamber with flanking wings. The central chamber is divided into a series of cells with railings on each storey, with four rows of pews on the ground storey. There are openings in the gutters between the central dome and flanking range to collect rainwater. The different coloured washes denote the building materials

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from East to West through that part of the Bridewell as Estimated, to be done in the plainest manner with some dimensions

Signed and dated

1790-91
datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including lemon yellow and pink within a ruled border on laid paper (572x472)

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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