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[5] Design for a house, 1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/80
Purpose
[5] Design for a house, 1783, unexecuted
Aspect
First and second storey plans for a house as Adam volumes 46/91-92, with the staircase in the back left-hand corner of the central block, with bedroom on both storeys of the central block; the continuation of the brew house in the roof space of the left-hand pavilion, and the gardener’s garret room of the right-hand pavilion
Scale
bar scale of 4/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Attic Story of a house for Captain Pitts (of a house for Captain Pitts in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Staircase / Lobby / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Plan of the One Pair Story / Brew house &c. continued / Closet / Staircase / Lobby / Bed Chamber / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Bed / Gardeners room / Closet and some measurements given (verso) 3 / Number 22 (in red pen) / Captain Pitts
Signed and dated
- 22/05/1783
22nd. May 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (474 x 293)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see schemes notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see schemes notes.
Level
Drawing
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