[2] Design for the house, c1767

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - The Great House, Low Leyton, Essex: designs for remodelling the principal rooms, for Thomas Oliver, c1767 (6)
    - Designs for the house, c1767 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/76

Purpose

[2] Design for the house, c1767

Aspect

Plan of the bedchamber storey of a house as Adam volume 50/75, but without the tapering external staircases, and containing bedrooms

Scale

1 2/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of a house at Layton in Essex / belonging to Thos Oliver Esqr (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) and measurements given

Signed and dated

c1767
datable to c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (594 x 275)

Hand

Adam office hand, addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LCG surmounted by crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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