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[4] Finished drawing for additions to the house, 1759, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/44
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for additions to the house, 1759, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the garret (roof space) of a rectangular house, unlit by windows, flanked by the roof of rectangular pavilions, and containing garret rooms and lumber storage
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Garret Story of Moy House / Garret Room / Garret Room / Garret Room / Sky light / Lumber Closet / Garret Room / Garret Room / Rooff of the Pavillions / Rooff of the Pavilions and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1759
datable to 1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (534 x 329)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly the hand of Agostino Scara, or Benedetto Napoletano
Verso
This to be placed ninth (in red pen) / 6 / Moy hall One of the Seats of Sir Ludovick Grant
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur de list within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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