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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/18

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for the house, 1765-66, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Plan of the parlour (ground) storey of a three-bay terraced house, with steps leading to the front door in the left-hand end bay on the principal front, and beside this a external stairs leading down to the basement. The house is three rooms deep, with a central staircase
  • image SM Adam volume 46/18

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

6 (in pencil) / Plan of the Parlour Floor / for Andrew Millar Esqr (in pencil) / Eating Parlor / Staircase / passage / Closet / Closet / Closet / Lobby / Mr Millars Dressing Room and measurements given

Signed and dated

  • c1765-1766
    datable to c1765-66

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (142 x 336)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017

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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk