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Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/56

Purpose

[1] Design for the building, 1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan of a three-bay T-shaped building, with a central staircase, with the right-hand end bay being composed of a passage giving access from the front to the side of the rear range

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of the Record house / at Aberdeen (of the Record house / at Aberdeen in the hand of William Adam) / Room for Sherriffs Court / Record for Commissary Court / Passage and some dimensions given (verso) 2

Signed and dated

  • 09/05/1772
    Adelphi May 9t / 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (315 x 418)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 53
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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