[7] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Witham Park, Frome, Somerset: designs for the house for Alderman William Beckford, partly executed with alterations, 1762-70 (10)
    - Preliminary designs, finished drawings and a record drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations (10)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/31

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations

Aspect

Plan of the mezzanine (third) storey within the central block as Adam volumes 43/28-43/29, but without windows, except on the right-hand side

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Mezzanine Story of Witham House / for William Beckford Esqr (of Witham House / for William Beckford Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber and some measurements given

Signed and dated

1762
Robt Adam Archit 1762

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (604 x 478)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with addition to inscription in the hand of William Adam

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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