[57] Finished drawing for the house, 1760, executed with minor alterations to the internal arrangement, and minus the southern quadrants and pavilions

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
    - Designs for alterations to, and completion of, the house
      - Finished drawings for the house, 1760, executed with minor alterations to the internal arrangement, and minus the southern quadrants and pavilions (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 40/6

Purpose

[57] Finished drawing for the house, 1760, executed with minor alterations to the internal arrangement, and minus the southern quadrants and pavilions

Aspect

Plan of the principal floor as Adam volume 40/5 but without the folding flaps, and with pencil annotations on the north-east and south-west links

Scale

bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of Kiddleston House for Sir Nathaniel Curzon afterwards Lord Scarsdale / Hay Loft / Corn Chamber / Hay Loft / Grooms room / Grooms room / Chapel continued / Family Gallery / Servts B. room / Brew house continued / Lobby / Bed room / Stair / Laundry / Anti-room / Passage / Servts room / Servants room / Servants room / Kitchen continued / Servants room / Servants room / Corridore / Lady Caroline's Wardrobe / Sir Nathls Dressing room / Staircase / Servts Bed room / Passage / antichamber / Family Bed Chamber / Lady Caroline's dressing room / Lady Caroline's Library / Corridore / Servants waiting room / Library / Withdrawing room / Musick Room / Garden Saloon / Hall / Anti chamr / Principal Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Great Stair / Back Stair / Dining room and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1760
datable to 1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1199 x 857)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Harris, 1987, pp. 22-23
Harris, 2001, p. 336
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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