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[4] Finished drawing for the second (bedchamber) storey, c1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/103
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for the second (bedchamber) storey, c1771, as executed
Aspect
Plan of the second storey of a five-bay house with an irregular exterior wall to the east and with rooms facing to the south, west and north. A staircase is shown in the centre, and there is an additional closet wing to the north-east containing a further room and adjoining staircase
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
The Plan of 2 Pair Stairs floor Apsley house Hyde park conner (sic) for the Lord Chancellor
Signed and dated
- c1771
c1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (318 x 402)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Notes
Adam volume 32/101 - 32/103 are not dated, but Lea highlights the probability they were completed after July 1771, when the plot was extended to the north and west following additional land leases made to Lord Apsley on the 13th July 1771. The plans show how the line of the south wall remains skew, and Lea suggests that this is perhaps due to the line of the park wall.
Lea notes that much of the second storey survives unaltered, enough to surmise that it was executed as designed.
Lea notes that much of the second storey survives unaltered, enough to surmise that it was executed as designed.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 43
Lea, 2005, p. 8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Lea, 2005, p. 8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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