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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a floor plan of several geometric shapes for a rectangular hall with wall niches and apsidal ends.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/7
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a floor plan of several geometric shapes for a rectangular hall with wall niches and apsidal ends.
Aspect
Detail
Scale
partial scale at top of sheet 7/8" to 10 ft
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil with calculations and one dimension for the right hand entrance
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil
210 x 280
Hand
James Adam
Notes
This drawing is part of a group of drawings of various floor patterns for James Adam's Parliament House scheme, see Adam vol.7/5-6, 8-12, 72 and 74-76. The detail of this aspect of the scheme would suggest that these drawings were executed in the 1763 period. This drawing shows the floor pattern proposed for the hall for either the Commons or the Lords. The three circular forms can be compared with that in Adam vol.7/5. The over-drawing at one end may suggest the royal dias or Speaker's Chair.
Level
Drawing
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