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[3] Design for the ground floor of a building, c.1791-92, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/11
Purpose
[3] Design for the ground floor of a building, c.1791-92, as executed
Aspect
Principal (ground) floor plan comprising a central polygonal range with flanking links terminating in pavilions with staircases, with an outer wall at each end with steps and a large semicircular wall opposite. The central range comprises a lobby, a hall with apsidal ends, a principal staircase, an apothecary and an assistant’s room. The links contain wards with an apsidal end adjoining the lobby and a large fireplace at the other end, with bedrooms, water closets and nurses’ rooms beyond
Scale
bar scale of 1 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Entrance Storey for the Infirmary at Glasgow / Bedroom / Bedroom / Passage / Water / Closet / Back Stairs / Water / Closet / Passage / Nurse assistant / nurses room / Ward / Pold / Apothecary / Principal / Stairs / Assistant / Pold / Lobby / Hall / Ward / Bed room / Bed room / Passage / Water / Closet / Back Stairs / Passage / Water / Closet / Clerk / Nurse with some dimensions / (verso) no 3 / no 3
Signed and dated
- c.1791-92
datable to c.1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (613x520)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
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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