[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a castle, 1777, unexecuted

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  - Cardiff Castle, Glamorgan: designs for additions to a castle for John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart and 1st Marquess of Bute, 1777, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/50

Purpose

[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a castle, 1777, unexecuted

Aspect

Bed chamber plan of a polygonal-shaped castle comprising three ranges with a continuous passage, and a series of canted bay, octagonal, circular, and square towers to each range. Rooms include bed chambers, dressing rooms and closets. The pink wash denotes the existing fabric

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Cardiff Castle / one of the Seats of the Right Hon^ble Lord Mount Stewart / Dressing / room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Closet / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / dressing room / Dressing / room / Bed chamber / Closet / Bed Chamber / Dressing / room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Passage / Closet / Bed Chamber / Dressing / room / Closet / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Passage / Closet / Bed Chamber / Passage / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Closet / Dressing room / Bed Chamber with some room dimensions / (verso) 4

Signed and dated

1777
datable to 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (574x522)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

Footed P

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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