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[3] Design for an unknown house, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/37
Purpose
[3] Design for an unknown house, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the bedchamber (second) storey of a house Adam volumes 43/35-36, but with no entrance on the principal front, no portico on the garden front, and no tripartite windows in the pavilions, and containing bedrooms
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of a house for / James Alexander Esqr (of a house for / James Alexander Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) Number 7 (in red pen) / 5 / 4 (in pencil) / James Alexander Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1775
Adelphi 8th. March 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (593 x 496)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi, with additions to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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