[10] Finished drawing for a longitudinal section showing the south end 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 28/39

Purpose

[10] Finished drawing for a longitudinal section showing the south end of the library, c1760, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal section of a two-and-a-half-storey building, with vaulted basement storey with a Doric colonnade and a central doorway flanked by sash windows. At the ground storey there is a central Palladian window, articulated by Ionic pilasters and flanked by niches containing statuary. Above this there are festoons, figurative roundels and a band of dentils beneath a coved ceiling. The central space is flanked by book rooms at the ground and first storeys

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section of the North End of Library Shewing the Book Rooms the Sub Hall and Vaulted Rooms of Ground Floor (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / For the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1760
datable to c1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and Naples yellow within a single ruled border on laid paper (531 x 389)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Library for Royal College of Physicians at Edin / 6

Notes

This drawing is incorrectly inscribed North End of Library, as it clearly shows the view to the south.

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

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