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[33] Design for a group of buildings, 1787, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/44
Purpose
[33] Design for a group of buildings, 1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a gatehouse, same as SM Adam volume 21/144, with an adjoining single-storey wall, single-storey block, and a section of a two-storey circular stable block with a conical roof with a rooflight. The stables have a central, circular, two-storey arcaded gallery, and the ground floor is divided into stalls by curved partitions. The different colour washes denote the building materials
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Offices for Sir Samuel Hannay Bart at Kirkdale in Galloway ~ / 75 / (verso) no 1
Signed and dated
- 31/3/1787
Albemarle Street / 31.st March 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including pink and lemon yellow on laid paper (481x238)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES
Notes
The section in this drawing appears to be a paired-back version of an earlier variant design shown in SM Adam volume 35/47.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 20
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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