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[27] Finished drawing for a guard house building, 1789
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/12
Purpose
[27] Finished drawing for a guard house building, 1789
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a triangular building, with a curved, five-bay prinicpal front, with single-bay side fronts, and a projecting, triangular rear, containing a curved guard room, and an octagonal officers' room behind, and the elevation shows that the building is single-storey, with the windows and central door within relieving arches, and the end bays articulated by paired Doric pilasters, and with a flat roof surmounted by a small drum and dome
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of a Guard Room for the Offices & Soldiers at the Register Office (underwritten in pencil) / at Edinburgh (in pencil) / Anti Room (underwritten in pencil) / Guard Room (underwritten in pencil) / Privy (underwritten in pencil) / Officers Apart (underwritten in pencil) / Coals &c (underwritten in pencil) and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 26/11/1789
Edinburgh 26. Novr 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (303 x 409)
Watermark
ITAYLOR
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 11
Tait, 1974, pl. 7
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Tait, 1974, pl. 7
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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