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[4] Design for additions to the older house, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/45
Purpose
[4] Design for additions to the older house, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the principal (ground) storey of a house, with a nine-bay principal front, with a portico of engaged columns across the central three bays, and with eight bays along one side, and seven along the other, and with an E-shaped garden front, with a central projecting, and apsidal room, and another projecting room to either side
Scale
bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Principal Story of a House for Thomas Gifford Esqr (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a double ruled border on laid paper (679 x 507)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
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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