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[4] Drawing room, design May 1808
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Reference number
SM 7/1/5
Purpose
[4] Drawing room, design May 1808
Aspect
Plan and laid out (part) elevations
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Drawing Rooom / Taymouth Castle / (Copy) and Section of the Drawing Room
Signed and dated
- 24/05/1808
Copy / May 24th : 1808
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, sepia and blue washes, on wove paper (546 x 650)
Hand
James Adam junior (1785-1850) (pupil May 1806 - June 1809) and George Bailey (1793 - 1860) (pupil and assistant August 1806 - January 1837)
Notes
The drawing room (as shown on drawing [1]) measures 39 feet 6 inches by 25 feet. There are three tall windows on one wall, a large door centred on another wall, doors flank the chimney-piece wall, and the remaining walll also has two doors. A richly moulded arched ceiling with three large cirular motifs and friezes completes the design.
Level
drawing
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