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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/74

Purpose

[4] Design for a villa, 1773, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a three-bay villa with apses on each side (east and west fronts), and with the roof of a portico over the entrance on the principal (north) front, and containing a bed chamber and drawing room

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the principal story of a house for / _ Stephenson Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / Bed Chamber / Drawing Room (verso) 5 / Number 17 / Symonds

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    datable to 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (383 x 250)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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