[3] Design for the Diocletian wing, 1769, executed with alterations

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire: designs for the house, offices and park buildings, for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1761-71 (32)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/74

Purpose

[3] Design for the Diocletian wing, 1769, executed with alterations

Aspect

Plan of a building composed of two contiguous rectangular courts, with the central and end bays projecting on the principal and garden fronts, and with an additional L-shaped wing in one corner connecting to another building

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of Offices &c for Bowood one of the Seats of the Earl of Shelburne (one of the Seats of the Earl of Shelburne in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Den / Den / Den / Den / Green House / Green House / Room for uper (sic) Servants / Scullery / Kitchen and some measurements given (verso) 3 / Number 20 / Lord Shelburnes Offices at Bowood

Signed and dated

1769
datable to 1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (763 x 518)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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