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[2] Finished drawing for a banqueting house, 1766, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/140
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a banqueting house, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a five- by three-bay building, with the central three bays projecting on the principal front, and a bow-fronted peristyle on the garden front. The lobby contains a staircase suggesting an upper register, and the central banqueting room is circular with two large niches
Scale
bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Banqueting Room at Eaton Hall in Cheshire / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Lobby and / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Banqueting Room and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1766
Rob Adam Archt 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (528 x 363)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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