[3] Design for a house, c1790, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Piccadilly at Hyde Park Corner, number unknown, London: unexecuted designs for a house for the 7th Earl of Barrymore, c1790 (5)
      - Designs for a house, c1790, unexecuted (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/109

Purpose

[3] Design for a house, c1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a house as in Adam volumes 32/107-108, but with no court to front or rear, and no entrance door, and containing reception and domestic rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of Lord Barrymores House Piccadilly. Plan of the Bed Chamber Storey (of Lord Barrymores House Piccadilly in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) Lady Barrymore's Dressing Room / Back Drawing Room / Back Stairs / Anti Room / Great Stairs / Front Drawing Room and some measurements given

Signed and dated

c1790
datable to c1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (299 x 485)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 32
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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