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[6] Unfinished record drawing for the Hell Staircase, March 1779, executed with alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/81
Purpose
[6] Unfinished record drawing for the Hell Staircase, March 1779, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations, for a double return staircase, the walls punctuated with various doors and windows, and ornamented with Doric pilasters, sculpture-filled niches, painted panels, and a cove
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Stair Case at Burleigh for Lord Exeter / Plan & Section of the Great Staircase at Burleigh and (verso) Lord Exeter
Signed and dated
- March 1779
Adelphi / 6t March 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including terre verte, Indian yellow and Prussian blue on laid paper (631 x 790)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II Index p. 5
Richardson, 1992, pp. 87-88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Richardson, 1992, pp. 87-88
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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