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  • image SM Adam volume 30/140

Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/140

Purpose

[10] Finished drawing for domestic offices, c1763, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground floor, of a seven- by five-bay building arranged around three sides of a courtyard, with a carriage entrance in the middle range. The rooms for the bakehouse and dairy are to the left of the entrance, and the laundry and brewhouse are to the right

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of the Brewing Washing & Dairy Offices For His Grace The Duke of Manchester at Kimbolton / Dairy / Scullery to Dairy / Dairy Maid's Room / Court / Cover'd Passage / Bread & Flower Room / Bakehouse / Passage / Laundry / Wash house / Brew House / Scullery to Brew House and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1763
    datable to c1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (595 x 495)

Hand

Adam office hand: possibly Agostino Brunias, Agostino Scara, or Benedetto Napoletano

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index. p. 20
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 189, 220
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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