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[10] Finished drawing for the staircase, c1763
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/70
Purpose
[10] Finished drawing for the staircase, c1763
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations for a rectangular, two-storey stairwell with a domed skylight ornamented with a band of festoons, and an imperial staircase. The walls are ornamented with doors, arched entrances, picture frames, and a frieze of laurel leaves bound by ribbon. With an additional plan of the ceiling - with its domed skylight - in the top left-hand corner
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Staircase at Bowood for the / Earl of Shelburne (in the hand of William Adam) / 73 (in pencil) / Great Staircase at Bowood (in pencil) and some measurements given (verso) 3 / Ld Shelburne / Staircase at Bowood
Signed and dated
- c1763
datable to c1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (777 x 647)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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