[6] Finished drawing for the south side of the great staircase, c1777, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Wormleybury, Hertfordshire, executed designs for interiors and furniture, and designs for garden buildings, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1777-80 (24)
    - Finished drawings for the great staircase, c1777, as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/26

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for the south side of the great staircase, c1777, as executed

Aspect

Section showing the south side of the great staircase, with a part dog-leg staircase and landing shown, and with doorways at ground and first storey positioned to the left. At first-story level there is a central painted panel, flanked by medallions and festoons, and with a further ornamental panel containing an urn to the right. Above this there is a band of guilloche, and with the second storey as Adam volume 50/27

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

South side of Great Staircase for Wormleybury / (and in the hand of William Adam) Sir Abraham Hume / 7th Article (?) 3 Sheets (pencil) / faint pencil inscriptions right side

Signed and dated

c1777
c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (374 x 524)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Inscription obscured by paste to folio

Watermark

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 2001, p. 71
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 16, 26, 127, 258-59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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