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Reference number

Adam vol.7/128

Purpose

Academic study for the plan of a square house showing entrance floor with a colonnaded semi-circular entrance court with two gateways leading to a circular hall and into an octagonal court with four spiral and one U-shaped staircase.

Aspect

Plan

Scale

1 in to 14 ft

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1750s

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, grey wash 468 x 355

Hand

Adam Scottish Office

Watermark

Shield with fleur de lys

Notes

One of three plans (see also Adam vol.7/126 and 127) that are probably academic studies and were possibly made in the 1750s in the Adam Scottish Office. They can be compared with a similar, but more practical set of designs for a house in Adam vol.7/120-124, and, like these, may be associated with James Adam. In Adam volume 9 there are several similar plans, see Adam vol.9/40 for the main plan and Adam vol.9/71 for the quadrant, both considerably more advanced in composition.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004

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