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  • image SM Adam volume 32/83

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/83

Purpose

[5] Design for the second storey of the house, c1784

Aspect

Plan of a five-by-five-bay building, with alterations. The footprint is as Adam volume 32/81, with the square corner turrets containing dressing rooms, which link to bedrooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Two Pair Story / A / B / Dress. Room / Bed room / Water Closet / Bed room / Principal Staircase / Lobby / Bed room / Dress. Room / Bed room / Bed room / Passage / Bed room / Closet / Dress. room

Signed and dated

  • c1784
    c1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (479 x 266)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume II, 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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