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[16] Record drawing for the house, 1762, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/104
Purpose
[16] Record drawing for the house, 1762, as executed
Aspect
Longitudinal section through a three-storey central block, with pitched roofs, with the ground storey partly barrel-vaulted, and with the central room on the second storey toplit by a domed skylight. The central block is flanked by two-storey links, and three-storey pavilions, with pitched roofs, and the ground storey is partly barrel-vaulted
Scale
1 1/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the House of Sir Windham Knatchbull in Kent (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1762
datable to 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (816 x 470)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, additions to inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 113
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 113
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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