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[3] Design for the house, 1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/42
Purpose
[3] Design for the house, 1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the bed chamber (second) storey of a house with five bays on the principal front, the central window being flanked by niches, and the central three bays slightly projecting, and with six bays on the garden front, and containing bedrooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of a house / for Richard Oswald Esqr (of a house / for Richard Oswald Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1773
Adelphi 3d August / 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (322 x 254)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with additions to the title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Notes
Adam volume 44/42 is incorrectly dated.
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
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