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  • image SM Adam volume 49/13

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/13

Purpose

[60] Finished drawing for the layout of the house, with the intended alterations highlighted in pink, 1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the basement storey, of a seven-bay house, with a three-bay wing, containing service and domestic rooms

Scale

bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of Cumberland House Pall Mall [of Cumberland House Pall Mall in the hand of William Adam] / Area / Mr Galloways Rooms / Strong Room / Strong Room / Butlers Pantry / Passage / Maids Room / House Keepers Room / Passage / Wet Larder / Dry Larder / Store Room / Bed Room / Cellar / Closet / Passage / Arcade / Court Yard / Cellar / Lobby / Passage / Footmens Room / Servants Hall / Stewards Eating Room / Passage / Kitchen / Area / Staircase / Passage / Oven / Hot Press / Copper / Passage / Pastry / Scullery / Cistern / Area and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1785
    datable to 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and pink wash on laid paper (482 x 639)

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.

Level

Drawing

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

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