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[28] Design for the library, as executed, 1761
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/106
Purpose
[28] Design for the library, as executed, 1761
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations of a rectangular room with a window wall of three bays and bookcases on the chimney-wall opposite
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
For Willm Drake Esqr / Buckinghamshire (in the hand of William Adam) / Library / for Willm Drake Esqr / Buckingham Shire / This End to [----] the same as the Opposite (in pencil) 5 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1761
datable to 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on two sheets of laid paper affixed (737 x 602)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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