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  • image SM Adam volume 38/54

Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/54

Purpose

[6] Design for the riding school, 1763, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the first storey, as Adam volume 38/53, but with a rectangular room above the oval lobby, with a screen of columns overlooking the courtyard

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

One pair Story of the Riding House Edinburgh (in the hand of William Adam) underwritten in pencil (verso) 17 (in pencil) / Number 17

Signed and dated

  • 1763
    datable to 1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (578 x 495)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 11
For a full list of literature references see scheme note

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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