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[4] Design for the house and offices, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/86
Purpose
[4] Design for the house and offices, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the second storey of a house, as the central block of Adam volume 43/85, but showing the outline of the hipped roof, and containing bedrooms and dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the two pair Story - of a house for Alexander Spiers Esqr near Glasgow (of a house for Alexander Spiers Esqr near Glasgow in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage / A / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / B and measurements given
Signed and dated
- December 1776
Adelphi / Decr. 16t. 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (502 x 599)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
Number 16 (in red pen) / 16 (in pencil)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 395
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 395
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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