[9] Design for a stairwell, 1772

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Polton, Lasswade, Midlothian: designs for the enlargement of the house for Mrs Anne Calderwood Durham, 1788 (1)
    - Ardencaple, Helensburgh: executed and unexecuted designs for additions to the house, and the interior, and for unexecuted castle gates for Lord Frederick Campbell, 1762-74 (14)
      - Design for a stairwell, 1772 (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/118

Purpose

[9] Design for a stairwell, 1772

Aspect

Laid out wall elevations for a two-storey, Imperial stair, with a Spalatro order tripartite window on the landing, and doors on the other walls, and with pencil-drawn annotations

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section of Staircase for Lord Frederick Campbell / in Scotland (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 5 / Lord F Campbell

Signed and dated

22/02/1772
Adelphi / Febry 22d 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (674 x 552)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

IHS LVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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