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[7] Finished drawing for a section through a house, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/68
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for a section through a house, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Axial section through a three-storey house with a hipped roof with a balustraded parapet around a rooflight over a central circular staircase. The different colour washes denote the building fabric
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Section through the Stanage house the Seat of Thomas Johnes Esqr / (verso) No 3 / No 3
Signed and dated
- 1780
datable to 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including pink and lemon yellow within a ruled border on laid paper (590x444)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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