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[30] Finished drawing for a three-block house, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/17
Purpose
[30] Finished drawing for a three-block house, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Section from east to west through the central block of a three-storey house, with a pitched roof, flanked by two-storey wings with pitched roofs, containing a central staircase, with a domed, conical ceiling, and a back stair to one side
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the House of Great Saxham in Suffolk the Seat of / Hutchinson Mure Esqr (all in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (602 x 490)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, additions to inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
Rowan, 1985, p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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