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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/45

Purpose

[4] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1788, unexecuted

Aspect

Bedchamber (second) floor plan of a rectangular house comprising a central staircase surrounded by pairs of bed chambers and dressing rooms on each side, with a central three-bay bow to the rear, with flat roofs to the quadrant links and hipped roofs to the pavilions

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Wm Douglass[sic] Esq Galloway (underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing / room / Water Closet / Dressing / room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing / room / Dressing / room with some room dimensions / (verso) 7 Mr Douglas

Signed and dated

  • 18/4/1788
    April 18 / datable to 1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (575x457)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

Portal & Bridges / GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 24
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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

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