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[11] Design for a castellated house, 1794
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/78
Purpose
[11] Design for a castellated house, 1794
Aspect
Plan of the attic storey as Adam volume 33/75, but with an octagonal room behind the canted bow, and the side rooms - within the hipped roof - do not extend as far out as in the lower storeys
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Attick Story / Closet / Bed Chambr / Dressg Closet / Women Servts Bed Room / Great Stair Continued / Men Servants Bed Room / Passage / Clsoet / Servts Dressg closet / Butlers Bed Room / Back Stair / Water Closet and some dimensions given (verso) 6th / These Plan go 13th into the Book
Signed and dated
- 1794
Albermarle Street / 26 July 1794
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (467 x 283)
Hand
James Adam, with additions to title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 166
For a full list of literature references.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 166
For a full list of literature references.
Level
Drawing
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