[7] Preliminary working drawing for the second storey for a house, c1787

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - Brighton
    - The Steine, Brighton, Sussex, presentation and working drawings for a house, for Mrs Maria Fitzherbert, c1787 (10)
      - Alternative preliminary design and a set of working drawings for the design for a house, c1787 (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/25

Purpose

[7] Preliminary working drawing for the second storey for a house, c1787

Aspect

Plan of the bed chamber (second) storey of a terraced house, containing bedrooms, dressing rooms and servants' rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of a House for Mrs Fitzherbert / at Brighton / The Red shews the Brickwork or / Geometrical tiles the Yellow the quartering or parts to be executed / in Wood / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Anti room / Bed Chamber / Closet / Dressing Room / Vestibule / Lady's maid's room / or Powdering room / Closet / Water Closet / Water Closet / Area / Area / Housekeepers Bedroom / Hall continued / Stewards Bedroom / Servants room / Servants room / Servants room / Servants room / Servants room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1787
c1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including cerulean blue, lemon yellow and Dutch pink on sugar paper (615 x 489)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

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

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