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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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