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[28] Finished drawing for the roof plan of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, executed in part
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/31
Purpose
[28] Finished drawing for the roof plan of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, executed in part
Aspect
Roof plan of a group of prison buildings comprising a central D-shaped building with bartizans, and a T-shaped block adjoining the centre with a hipped roof. The building has a lunette, with radiating apertures across the domed and hipped roofs. Flanking this building are two large rectangular blocks with hipped roofs, corner turrets and rear bows with lunettes. To the front of the main prison building is a lodge comprising a H-shaped building with pitched roofs, flanked by gate lodges with pyramidal roofs. To the rear of the main prison building is a small inspection tower with a conical roof, followed by two individual blocks with hipped roofs and rear bows
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
General Plan of the Roofs. / (verso) [_ _ _ _ _]
Signed and dated
- 1791
Robt Adam Architect 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (506x338)
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
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 56-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 56-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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