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[1] Survey of the north hall, 1765
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/82
Purpose
[1] Survey of the north hall, 1765
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations, with stone walls, with arched double wooden doors on each of the short walls, one of which is flanked by arched windows. There are doors on each of the long walls, and an arched window on the far left-hand end of each
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
This scale is most unusual because it is placed in the centre of the drawing rather than at the bottom or side.
Inscribed
For Lord Exeter (in the hand of William Adam) / The Wideth (sic) is 24 foot 3 Inches / The Length of ye Room is 44 foot 2 Inches / The South End Nex[t] at Middle Court / The Height is 13 foot 3 Inches / Plan of Ld: Exeters Hall (in the hand of the 9th Earl of Exeter) / (and in pencil in the hand of Arthur Bolton) North Entrance Hall / Handwriting 9th Earl (verso) 2 / Earl of Exeter
Signed and dated
- 1765
datable to 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and yellow wash on laid paper (547 x 439)
Hand
Unknown eighteenth-century surveyor, and title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam and the 9th Earl of Exeter
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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