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  • image SM Adam volume 30/141

Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/141

Purpose

[11] Finished drawing for domestic offices, c1763, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first floor as Adam volume 30/140, but containing bedrooms and a water cistern

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan for the First Floor of the Laundry & Brewing Offices &c. for the Duke of Manchester at Kimbolton [for the Duke of Manchester at Kimbolton in the hand of William Adam] / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber to Serve as Pressing Room Occassionally / Bed Chamber for a Single Gentleman / Roof to Passage / Bed Chamber / Servt Bed Chamber to Gentleman who lise (sic) in this Apartment / Cistern for Water / Servt Bed Room / Laundry Maids Bedroom / Brew House Continued / Brewing Servt: Bed Room

Signed and dated

  • c1763
    datable to c1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (485 x 606)

Hand

Adam office hand: possibly Agostino Brunias, Agostino Scara, or Benedetto Napoletano. Addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index. p. 20
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 189, 220
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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