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[5] 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 39/97
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a nine-bay central block, flanked on either side (north and south) by three-bay links, and three-bay pavilions
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Basement Storey of Eaton Hall one of the Seats of / Earl Grosvenor (in the hand of William Adam) / Laundry / Washing House / Spice Closet / Pastry / Stewards Dining room / Water Closet / Court / Kitchen / Butlers Pantry / Butlers room / Plate room / Coal vault / Dry Larder / Scullery / Wet Larder / Servants Hall / Wine Vault / Salting Room / Pedlers Hall / House keepers room / Her Store room / Still Room / Coffee room / Coffee Maids room / House Keepers Bed room / Maids room / Court / Water Closet / Water Closet / Dairy / Scullery to Dairy / Evidence room / Stewards Writing room / Smoking room or Hunting Parlour and dimensions given (verso) 5
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (725 x 482)
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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