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[1] Finished drawing for the house and stables, 1771, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/52
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for the house and stables, 1771, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of an L-shaped plot for a townhouse, including a seven-bay terraced house, with domestic rooms at the front, a walled garden and library in the middle, and eleven-bay stables at the back
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Mr Baron Grants house / Soho Square Parlor Story (all in the hand of William Adam) / No 20 (in pencil) / Stable / Cold Bath / Coach House / Coach House / Coach House / Staircase / Room for boiling of / Horses Meat / Stable / Water Closet / Stairs / Library / Book Room / Area / Mr Baron Grant's Dressing Room / Back Stairs / Great Stairs / Back Parlor / Water Closet / Hall / Lobby / Dining Parlor and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1771
datable to 1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including yellow and green on laid paper (588 x 827)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
D&SBLAUW IV and an X within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
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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