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[62] Finished drawing for the layout of the house, with the intended alterations highlighted in pink, 1785, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/15
Purpose
[62] Finished drawing for the layout of the house, with the intended alterations highlighted in pink, 1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the principal (first) storey, of a seven-bay house, with a three-bay wing, containing bedchambers and drawing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of Cumberland House Pallmall [of Cumberland House Pallmall in the hand of William Adam] / Boudoir / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Passage / 2nd Drawing Room / 3rd Drawing Room / Ante Room / Dressing Room / Principal Stairs / Water Closet / Back Stairs / Passage / Corridor / Court Yard continued / 1st Drawing Room / Ante Room / State Bed Chamber / Passage / Honble Miss Luttrell's Bed Chamber / Powdering Room / Passage / Honble Miss Luttrell's Drawing Room / Closet / Stair Case and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1785
datable to 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and pink wash on laid paper (481 x 621)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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