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[1] Design for the ground floor of a building, 1791-92, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/24
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground floor of a building, 1791-92, as executed
Aspect
Ground plan comprising a central arcade terminating in a principal staircase within a large bow, flanked by wings containing shops with small staircases at the rear
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Trades Hall at Glasgow / (in another hand and underwritten in pencil) Shops / Back Shops / Back Shops / Shop / Passage / Principal Stairs / Stairs to the Cellars / Back Shop / Shop / Shop / Back Shop with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- 1791-92
datable to 1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (278x266)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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