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  • image SM Adam volume 46/63

Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/63

Purpose

[4] Design for a house, c1775

Aspect

Plan of the bedchamber and garret storeys of a house as Adam volume 46/62, but with the central three bays recessed on the principal front of the bedchamber storey, and the roof shown on the garret, except for a drum over the garden front bow

Scale

1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Bed Chamber Story / Garretts (all in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1775
    datable to c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (271 x 440)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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