[4] Finished drawing for the third storey of the opera house, c1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Commercial buildings
  - Haymarket Opera House, Pall Mall, London, unexecuted plans, elevations and sections for the opera house, possibly for Hon. George Hobart, c1789 (28)
    - Finished drawings, including plans for the ground, first, second and third storeys of the opera house, c1789, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 47/11

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for the third storey of the opera house, c1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the third storey, as Adam 47/10. The link buildings and annexe (north) are omitted, and the porticoes for the east front are shown to have hipped roofs

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Attick Story of the Tavern & Houses west [?] Pall Mall with the Plan of the upper Gallery & Seats over Boxes [?] (in pencil) / no 11 (in pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1789
c1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (939 x 579)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
Sheppard, 1960, Volume XXIX, (i), p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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