[8] Working drawing for a longitudinal section of 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 30/23

Purpose

[8] Working drawing for a longitudinal section of a house, c1787

Aspect

Longitudinal section through a three-storey terraced house with a central court, showing the original ground level of the old house superimposed over the design

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section from East to West through the old & new parts of the House for Mrs Fitzherbert at Brighton and dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1787
c1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including lemon yellow, sepia and Dutch pink on sugar paper (879 x 487)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p.5
Miele, 1998, p.167
King, 2001, p.122
McKean (ed.), 2017, pp.8-9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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