[3] Finished drawing for the attic floor of a lodge, 1781, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Lodges for the Earl of Findlater, unknown location: designs for lodges in the classical and castle styles for James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, c.1781-83, unexecuted (16)
    - Designs for a classical lodge, 1781, unexecuted (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/49

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for the attic floor of a lodge, 1781, unexecuted

Aspect

Attic plan of a lodge with a rear canted bay, and hipped roofs to the flanking wings. The lodge comprises a series of bed rooms and bed chambers arranged around a central passage and two staircases set at angles

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Attic Story (and in the hand of William Adam) of a Lodge for The Earl of Findlater / (in a different hand) Bed Chamber / Bed room / Bed Room / Passage / Bed Chamber / Bed room / Bed room with some room dimensions / (verso) no 7 / no 7

Signed and dated

1781
R. A. 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (521x350)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J KOOL surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 54
King, 2001, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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