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[21] Finished drawing for a dairy, unexecuted, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/142
Purpose
[21] Finished drawing for a dairy, unexecuted, 1766
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations for a domed, circular room, with four urn-filled niches, three doors, one window, four curving sideboard tables, and the dome is ornamented with a fan, festoons, and rosettes, and with pencil-drawn annotations in the top left-hand corner
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Dairy at Kimbolton for His Grace the Duke of Manchester and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1766
datable to 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (360 x 512)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith, William Hamilton, or Giuseppe Sacco, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 197
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 197
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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