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[3] Finished drawing for the house, c1764
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/19
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for the house, c1764
Aspect
Plan of the bed chamber (second) storey of a four-by-nine-bay central block, with a portico of engaged columns across the central three bays on the principal (south) front, and a shallow, central three-bay bow on the garden (north) front, and flanked by the roofs of links, and three-by-five-bay pavilions, with the central three bays slightly projecting
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Bed Chamber Story of Buchanan House one of the Seats of / The Duke of Montrose (of Buchanan House one of the Seats of / The Duke of Montrose in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Store for Malt Hops &c. / Girnel (sic) Room for Flower / Staircase / Passage / Servants room / Servants Room / Servants room / Bed room / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Bed room / Passage / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Dressing room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Servants Room / Servants Room / Passage / Servants room / Servants Room / Servants room and measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1764
datable to c1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1044 x 457)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or William Hamilton, and addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
5 / Duke of Montrose / 5
Watermark
XD&CB within a cartouche D&CBLAUW
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
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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