[9] Finished drawing for a lodge, c.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)
    - Alternative design for a classical lodge, c.1781, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/67

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing for a lodge, c.1781, unexecuted

Aspect

Lower: ground plan of a lodge with a central rear bow, comprising a series of rooms with a central corridor running across the width of the lodge Middle: principal (first) floor plan of a lodge with an entrance hall and large central room with columns at one end and a rear bow, flanked by a series of rooms with a staircase on one side Upper: attic plan of a lodge comprising a two central rooms with a rear bow, flanked by a series of rooms with a staircase on one side

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Attick Story / Principal Story of the Lodge (and in the hand of William Adam) for The Earl of Findlater / (in another hand) Ground Story for the Lodge / (verso) Earl of Findlater

Signed and dated

c.1781
datable to c.1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (287x506)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J WHATMAN / W 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

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