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[1] Design for the house, 1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/40
Purpose
[1] Design for the house, 1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground (half sunk) storey of a house with three bays in the principal front, the central bay being slightly projecting, and with six bays on the garden front, and containing service rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of a house for Richd Oswald Esqr (of a house for Richd Oswald Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Kitchen / House keepers room / Water Closet / Wine Binns / Wine in Casks / Servants hall
Signed and dated
- August 1773
Adelphi 3d August 1773 (written under the edge of Adam volume 44/41 which is pasted to Adam volume 44/40)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (208 x 176)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with additions to the title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
2
Watermark
IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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