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[16] Design for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/91
Purpose
[16] Design for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the bedchamber storey of a nine-bay central block, flanked on either side (north and south) by the roof of a three-bay link, and additional rooms in the upper register of a three-bay pavilion
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Storey of Eaton Park one of the Seats / of The Right Honorable Earl of Grosvenor [of Eaton Park one of the Seats / of The Right Honorable Earl of Grosvenor in the hand of William Adam] / Lady Grosvenors Dressg room Continued / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Saloon Continued / Hall Continued / Dressing Room / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / 3rd Drawing Room Continued and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (733 x 510)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, additions to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
JVILLEDARY LVG and a fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
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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