[8] Finished drawing for a country house, c1790, partly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Claremont Park, (Milburn house), Esher, Surrey, part executed plans, elevations and a section for the house, and elevations for a temple and a bridge (unexecuted), for John Hussey Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval, c1786 (11)
    - Design and finished drawing for an alternate scheme for the house, c1790, partly executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/3

Purpose

[8] Finished drawing for a country house, c1790, partly executed

Aspect

Longitudinal section of a two-and-a-half-storey, three-bay house, with a central staircase set within a compartment lit from above. The basement level connects to submerged link buildings, and beyond this, steps lead to flanking pavilions

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section of the House

Signed and dated

c1790
c1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (424 x 214)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 139
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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