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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/11

Purpose

[2] Design for the principal floor of a house, 1781, executed status unknown

Aspect

Principal (ground) floor plan of a rectangular house with a central bay to the rear containing the principal stairs with a hall to the front flanked by a drawing room or library, and a dining room on either side

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Principal Story of a Villa for John Gordon esqr near Aberdeen / (in a different hand) Drawing – room Stairs / Hall / Dining – room / (in pencil) Library / Hall / Dining – room with some room and wall dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 1781
    datable to 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (401x198)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis above

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 1
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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