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[6] Design for the third floor of a building, c.1791-92, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/14
Purpose
[6] Design for the third floor of a building, c.1791-92, as executed
Aspect
Fourth (third) floor plan comprising a central polygonal range with flanking links terminating in pavilions with staircases. The central range comprises a circular operation with a screen of columns, and a staircase. The links contain wards with a large fireplace at one end, with bedrooms, water closets and nurses’ rooms beyond
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the fourth Story of Wards for the Infirmary at Glasgow / Bedroom / Bedroom / Water / Closet / Passage / Water / Closet / Passage / Clerks room / Nurses room / Ward / Operation room / Ward / Bedroom / Bedroom / Passage / Water / Closet / Passage / Water / Closet / Nurses room / Assistant with some dimensions / (verso) no 6 / no 6 / These Plans for 3rd in this Book / Glasgow Infirmary
Signed and dated
- c.1791-92
datable to c.1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (625x521)
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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