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  • image SM Adam volume 42/41

Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/41

Purpose

[2] Design for a house, as executed, c1786

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a five-by-two-bay building, with a preliminary plan for a rear extension

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Bed Room Story of a House for General Hamilton (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1786
    c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (316 x 258)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

mber 9 (cropped) / R Ar (cropped)

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 55
Miele, 1998, p. 160
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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