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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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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