[1] Preliminary design for a plan of a building, 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 castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted (13)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/205 (verso)

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a plan of a building, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough ground plan comprising a quadrangular building with square corner towers, and a central rear bow to form an internal circular room, flanked by oval staircases opposite a wider grand staircase, with a colonnaded aisle in between

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

some calculations and dimensions in pencil

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (289x289)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Cartouche surmounted by a fleur de lis

Literature

Rowan, 1985, p. 138
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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