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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/3

Purpose

[1] Design for a square and streets laid out with buildings, 1792, unexecuted

Aspect

Street plan comprising a square lined with houses with three additional streets opening off the square to the north, east and south. Most of the proposed buildings have a rear bow. The different coloured washes denote the land ownership

Scale

bar scale 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Part of the High Street / Stirling Street / Stirling Square / Street / Street / Part of Bells Wynd / The Parts tinted with a light Red shew[sic] the property of Messrs Stirling. / The parts tinted with a dark Red shew the adjacent property not belonging to Messrs Stirling. / The part tinted Purple shews the property of Mr Crawford. / A / B / C / D / E / F / (in pencil) north side / east side / south side / west side with some dimensions / (verso) No 7 / (in another hand) Stirling Square [_ _ _ _] Glasgow / (in another hand) Plans of Sterling[sic] Square in Glasgow and Elevations / from no 10

Signed and dated

  • 4/10/1792
    Albemarle Street / 4 Octr 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including cerulean blue and pink, with part of a ruled border, on laid paper (751x632)

Hand

Possibly
Adam fofice hand, possibly John Robertson

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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