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[7] Design for a longitudinal section through a house, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/93
Purpose
[7] Design for a longitudinal section through a house, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Longitudinal section through a house comprising a central three-storey block with flanking two-storey links and wings. There is an additional store range at one end at a lower ground level with a lean-to roof. The different colour washes denote the building materials
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the Body of the House the Wings & Corridores[sic], shewing[sic] the / inside of the Kitchen Court / (and in the hand of William Adam) for _ Sproul Esqr with some dimensions / (verso) 3
Signed and dated
- 13/12/1791
Edin.r 13. Decembr / 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including lemon yellow and pink on laid paper (475x326)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison
Watermark
Portal & Co
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 21
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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