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[1] Finished drawing for a house, c1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/107
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for a house, c1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan for the bedchamber (third) storey of a five- by four-bay house, with the central bay slightly projecting on the front and rear, and most of the windows to each side being blind, and containing bedrooms and dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Bed Chamber Story of a house for Mr Powell (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Anti room or Servants Bed room / Passage / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room or Servts Bed room / Staircase / Bed Chamber and some measurements given (verso) 2 / Mr. Powell
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (588 x 445)
Hand
Adam office hand, possible Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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