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[2] Design for the principal floor of a building, 1791-92, executed in part
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/26
Purpose
[2] Design for the principal floor of a building, 1791-92, executed in part
Aspect
Principal (first) floor plan comprising a large hall with narrow flanking wings and a large principal staircase in a central rear bow flanked by additional rooms and staircases
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Signed and dated
- 1791-92
datable to 1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (415x249)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Notes
This is the only surviving plan showing Adam’s additional proposed wings at the north and south ends. These were only executed at ground floor level but were later extended in successive schemes to the first, and second floors in the nineteenth century.
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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