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  • image SM Adam volume 43/32

Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/32

Purpose

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

Aspect

Plan of the garret storey (roof space) within the central three bays of the central block as in Adam volumes 43/28-43/31, and with only one window on each of the principal and garden fronts

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Garrets of Witham House / for William Beckford Esqr (of Witham House / for William Beckford Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Top of Great Stair-Case 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 (596 x 483)

Hand

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

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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