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  • image SM Adam volume 33/15

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

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

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