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[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/65
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Ground plan of a house with an entrance portico on one side and rooms flanking a central staircase and hall. Rooms include bedrooms, a servants’ hall, staircase, kitchen, scullery, study for Macpherson and a housekeeper’s room. The different colour washes denote the existing (pink) and proposed (black) fabric
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Balaville House / (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of / James McPherson Esqr / (in another hand) A / (in pencil) Men Servants / Bedroom / Servants Hall / Staircase / Kitchen / Scullery / (in pen) Pantry / Larder / Bedroom / Mr Mc.phersons / Study / Hall / (in pencil) House Keepers room / Maids Bedroom / (in pen) Maids room / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Old / Window / The old shades red, but in / Plans delivered to Mr. M.pherson / The old is shaded dark & the / new Red. / This is the right Copy with some room dimensions / (verso) 3
Signed and dated
- 12/1/1790
Albemarle Street / 12. Jany. 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink coloured wash on laid paper (473x274)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
J WHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 30
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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