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[23] Finished drawing for a three-block house, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/18
Purpose
[23] Finished drawing for a three-block house, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the cellar beneath the central block of a square house, flanked by recessed wings, and with a subterranean passage to one side, accessed by a staircase at the far end, and the cellar contains spaces for beer, wine and coal
Scale
bar scale of 9/10 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Cellar Story of Great Saxham House in Suffolk / the Seat of Hutchinson Mure Esqr (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Staircase / Passage / Empty Casks / Passage / Empty Bottles / Beer Cellar / Beer Cellar / Staircase / Wine Cellar / Wine in Bottles / Wine in Hogsheades / Coal Cellar / Coal Cellar and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (606 x 361)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, additions to inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
Mr Mure Offices (in pencil) / No 4 / 4 (on a small separate sheet affixed to the verso) / Hutchinson Mure Esqr 1st Design
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
Rowan, 1985, p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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