[21] Design for an elevation and section of the kitchen offices, c.1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Findlater Castle, Moray: designs for a castle, stables and offices, gates and a bridge for James Ogilvy 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, 1789, unexecuted (26)
    - Designs for a circular kitchen court and offices, c.1789, unexecuted (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/74

Purpose

[21] Design for an elevation and section of the kitchen offices, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation and part-section of a group of two-storey kitchen offices with single-storey arcaded links. The elevation is adorned with square-headed windows, string coursing, corner bartizans and a central crenellated bell tower. The section shows one building with an arcaded ground floor with a central chimneypiece and arched windows in the floor above. The different colour washes denote the building materials

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from West to East through the Circular Court of Kitchen Offices / Albemarle Street

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including pink and lemon yellow on laid paper (477x282)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

W surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis above

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 244
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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