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[7] Finished drawing for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/99
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the bedchamber storey (second floor) of a nine-bay central block, with the roof of an entrance loggia supporting a portico of four columns on the west front, and flanked on either side (north and south) by the roofs of links and pavilions
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Bed Room Storey of Eaton Park one of the Seats of / Earl Grosvenor (in the hand of William Adam) / Dressing room / Bed Chamr / Saloon Continued / Dressing room / Bed Chamr / Bed Chamr / Dressing room / Bed Chamr / Dressing room / Hall Continued / Bed Chamr / Dressing room and some dimensions given (verso) Number 25 / Lord Grosvenor / Second Design / 7 / 25 (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (719 x 477)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
LVG and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche / IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 124
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 124
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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