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[3] Preliminary design 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 21/209
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of the principal storey of a nine-bay central block, with three-bay links, and one-bay pavilions containing tripartite windows. Behind is a domestic building, including stables, arranged around a courtyard
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(In pencil) Lord Grosvenor Eaton Hall / Dairy / Breakfast room / Drawing room / Drawing room / Saloon / Library / maids room under / Map Room / My Lords Dressg Room / Gardeners Room / Work Rm / Chappel / Laundry / Court / Library / Billiard Room / Laundry Maids / Dining room / Hall / Dressg room / Bed Chr / Valets rm / Present Garden / Family Bed Chamr / Stewards Working Room / Lady Gros'rs Dressg room and some dimensions given (in pen)
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (318 x 448)
Hand
Robert Adam
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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