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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/123

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for the garret floor of a house, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Garret plan comprising a series of rooms, and closets with a single staircase and a central rear bow

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Garrets / (in the hand of William Adam) of a house for Willm Morehead Esqr/ (in a different hand) Garret room / Garret room / Closet / Landing of Back Stairs / Lumber room / Garret room / Garret room / Passage / Closet / Garret room / Garret room with some room dimensions / (verso) 8 / Mr Morehead / Mr Morehead Herbertshire House / (in a different had) number 27

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (369x530)

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 17
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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