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[2] Design for the observatory, 1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/116
Purpose
[2] Design for the observatory, 1767
Aspect
Plan of the first storey of a circular building, with three recessed bays, one containing a door, and the other two containing windows, each behind screens of two columns, and these lead onto a central circular room, and these screens alternate with bays containing windows, articulated by pilasters, and the windows light small circular chambers, one of which contains a spiral staircase, and with paired horse-shoe staircases on the central front
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the one pair of Stairs Story with its' Porticos (underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (305 x 452)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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