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[4] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/28
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a seven-bay central block, with a central tripartite window and door on the principal front, flanked by dog-leg stairs leading to the storey above, and with the end bays considerably recessed on both fronts, and flanked by five-bay links, with colonnades on the principal front, and three-by-three-bay pavilions
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Witham House for / William Beckford Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / Scullery / Cooks Pantry / Larder / Kitchen / Butlers Room / Butlers Pantry / Powdering Room / Still Room / Plate Room / Closet / House Keepers Bed Room / House Keepers Store Room / Smoaking Room / Servants Hall / Sub Hall / Valet de Chambre / Principal Stair Case / Charter Room / Stewards Room / Room for Mr Beckford / Water Closet / Dairy / Scullery to Dairy / Gyle House / Brew House / Wash House / Bake House and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1762
Robt Adam Architect 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1316 x 515)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with addition to inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
4 / 4
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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