[4] Finished drawing for the attic floor of a house, 1790, executed status unknown

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  - Champfleurie House, West Lothian: designs for a house for Alexander Johnston, 1790, executed status unknown (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/74

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for the attic floor of a house, 1790, executed status unknown

Aspect

Attic floor plan for a house comprising a nursery and a series of bed chambers and rooms arranged around a central passage, with a central rear bow and a staircase in the front with a water closet

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Attick Story (and in the hand of William Adam) of Champ fleurie the Seat of / Alexander Johnstone Esq^r / (in another hand) Bed Chamber / Bedroom / Water / Closet / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Passage / Nursery / Bed Chamber / Closet / Bed Chamber / 1^st design with some room dimensions / (verso) Alexander Johnstone Esqr of Champfleurie / (in a different hand) This should be [_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _]

Signed and dated

1790
R^t Adam Arch^t. 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (459x277)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J Whatman

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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