[2] Finished drawing for the house, 1761, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Osterley Park, Hounslow, Greater London: designs for the house, interior and park for Francis Child and Robert Child, 1761-80 (126)
    - Alterations to the house
      - Finished and record drawings for the house, 1761, unexecuted (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/96

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for the house, 1761, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the half-sunk basement storey of a U-shaped house with square corner towers, showing the nine- by two-bay original western range, and Adam's proposed additions shaded darker. The proposed house has a five-bay central block, with the central three bays slightly projecting, and flanked by two-bay projecting wings, each with a corner tower, and resulting in long side fronts of ten bays, with a tower at each end, and the garden front - part of the original house - is nine bays, with the central three bays slightly projecting, and with a tower at each end

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of Osterley Park House / one of the Seats of Francis Child Esqr (of Osterley Park House / one of the Seats of Francis Child Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Cellar / Ale Cellar / Small Beer Cellar / Ladys Maids Bed Room / Valets Bed Room / Powdering Room / Wine Cellar / Charter Room / Lobby / Servants Hall / Butlers Pantry / Butlers Bed Room / Plate room / Ladys Maid's Room / Servants Room / Servants Bed Room / Billiard Room / Bayliffs Room / Smoaking Room / Housekeepers Bed Room / Still Room / Dairy / Privy and measurements given

Signed and dated

1761
datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (588 x 613)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Agostino Brunias, with additional title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Stillman, 1966, p. 68
Harris, 1994, p. 24
Harris, 2001, p. 160
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 194, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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