[2] Survey plan of the house prior to any alteration by Adam, c1763

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Arlington Street, number 19, London: unexecuted designs for an extension, and executed designs for interior decoration, for Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1763-66, (11)
      - Survey plans of the house prior to any alteration by Adam, c1763 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/53

Purpose

[2] Survey plan of the house prior to any alteration by Adam, c1763

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) and second storeys of a three-bay wide townhouse. The first floor shows the roof of the entrance lobby from Adam volume 32/52, and contains reception rooms, and a bedchamber and dressing room, and the second storey contains bed chambers

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story / of Sir Laurence Dundas's House Arlington Street (in the hand of William Adam) / Dressg Room / Bed Chamr / Gallery / Dining Room / Plan of Mezzanine Story / Mezzanine Room / Plan of two pair of Stairs Story / Dressg Room / Bed Chamr / Bed Chamr / Bed Chamr and dimensions given in pen and pencil

Signed and dated

c1763
datable to c1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (512 x 365)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

This to be placed Twelfth Fourteenth n red pen) / 13 / Sir Laurence Dundas his house in Arlington Street

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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