[9] Finished drawing of a longitudinal section showiing the north 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)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 28/40

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing of a longitudinal section showiing the north end of the library, c1760, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal section of a two-and-a-half-storey building, with vaulted basement storey wings flanking a central hall with a Doric colonnade. At the ground storey there is a central entrance set within an Ionic aedicule. This is flanked by chimneypieces decorated with arabesques and moulding, and surmounted by figurative tablets, medallions and masks with festoons. The central hall is flanked by book rooms set behind Ionic screens

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

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

Signed and dated

c1760
datable to c1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes within a single ruled border on laid paper (528 x 380)

Hand

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

Verso

Notes

This drawing is incorrectly inscribed by William Adam as for the south end of the library. The section in fact shows a view to the north.

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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