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[3] Design for a house, c1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/62
Purpose
[3] Design for a house, c1775
Aspect
Plan of the ground (basement) and principal storeys of a house, with a seven-bay principal front, with a central entrance on the principal storey, and with the end bays at an angle, forming projecting bays on the side fronts, and with a three-bay bow on the garden front, behind an arcade on the ground storey, and a portico on the principal storey
Scale
1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Principal Story of a house for Mr Wilson (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Ground Storey (in the hand of William Adam) / (and in pencil) Closet / Butlers Pantry / Scullery / Pantry / Kitchen / Larder / Small Beer Cellar / Wine Cellar / Men Servants Bed Room
Signed and dated
- c1775
datable to c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (273 x 439)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 136
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk