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  • image SM Adam volume 47/11

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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