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  • image SM Adam volume 30/28

Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/28

Purpose

[1] Presentation drawing for a design for the ground storey of a house, c1787

Aspect

Plan of the ground floor of a three-bay terraced house, with a small screened loggia, and an oval court

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Court / Passage / Court / Water Closet / Water Closet / Area / Area of Yard / Staircase / Buffet room / Glasses Rm / Lobby / China Closet / Waiting room for tea &c / Dining room / Drawing room / Porch and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1787
    c1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (216 x 354)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p.5
Miele, 1998, p.167
King, 2001, p.122
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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