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[2] Design for the principal floor of a house, c.1772-73, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/92
Purpose
[2] Design for the principal floor of a house, c.1772-73, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Principal (first) floor plan comprising a rectangular house with flanking L-shaped wings, to which only the protruding parts form a principal floor. The house has a principal staircase, lobby, and small room to the front, with two larger rooms to the rear, each with chimneypieces. The wings have two large rooms at each end with a staircase and smaller room in the centre. Only one wing has chimneypieces in, at each end of the building
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Principal Story of a House for – Gordon Esqr / Drawing Room
Signed and dated
- c.1772-73
datable to c.1772-73
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a double-ruled border on laid paper (702x364)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche / IHS VILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 54
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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