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  • image SM Adam volume 48/25

Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/25

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for a section through a building, 1791-92, as executed

Aspect

Axial section through a three-storey building with a dome and cupola. There a vaults in the ground floor passage followed by a grand staircase in the rear bow leading to the principal floor. The principal room is adorned with a decorative ceiling and walls including pilasters and chimneypiece. The different coloured washes denote the building materials, revealing the carpentry of the dome

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) Section through the Trades Hall at Glasgow / (verso) Former design of the Trades Hall Glasgow / Trades Hall Glasgow

Signed and dated

  • 1791-92
    datable to 1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including pink and lemon yellow within a ruled border on laid paper (412x335)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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