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  • image SM Adam volume 43/34

Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/34

Purpose

[5] Design for an unknown house, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal and axial sections through a three-storey house as Adam volumes 43/33 and 43/35-37

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from C to D of a house for James Alexander Esqr (for James Alexander Esqr in the hand of William Adam) / Section from A to B

Signed and dated

  • 1775
    datable to 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (602 x 494)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi, with additions to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
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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