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  • image SM Adam volume 45/26

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/26

Purpose

[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, c.1773-92, executed status unknown

Aspect

Bedchamber floor plan comprising a series of bed chambers and a nursery arranged around a principal staircase and service staircase situated towards the centre of the house, with water closets in between. The roofs of the three bows and porticos are also shown

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Mr Johnston / Bed Chambers Story of Donovan House / (in a different hand) Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Water / Closet / Bed Chamber / small Bed Room / Bed Chambr / Nursery (all underwritten in pencil) / (verso) 5 / 5 / Mr Johnston Donovan / (in a different hand) number 6 / (in pencil) 6

Signed and dated

  • c.1773-92
    datable to c.1773-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (511x353)

Watermark

IVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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