[6] Finished drawing for the first storey of the library, c1760, unexecuted

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  - Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh: unexecuted designs for a new hall and library, c1760, unexecuted (11)
    - Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh: unexecuted preliminary designs and finished drawings for a new hall and library, c1760, unexecuted (11)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 28/44

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for the first storey of the library, c1760, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a five-by-four-bay building with central three bays projecting to the north and south. The library is flanked by rooms which are accessed via staircases to the north-east and north-west, with additional closet rooms accessed from the stairwells

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan for a New Library for the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh (underwritten in pencil) / Library continued / Closett / Closett / Book Rooms and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1760
datable to c1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (544 x 472)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Verso

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 219
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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