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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/98

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for a house, showing the basement plan, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the half-sunk basement of a rectangular house, with a subterranean rectangular wing to the left-hand side. The five- by three-bay central block has a central recess on the principal front, flanked by projecting single bays; and on the garden front is a central three-bay bay flanked by single bays; and with a projection on each side front containing the windows, one of which is tripartite; and containing cellars, servants bedrooms, and the lower range of the back stair

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Ground Story of a House for Captain Simpson (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 4 / Captain Simpson plans (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1787-94
    date range: 1787-94

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (419 x 259)

Hand

Adam office hand, with 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 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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