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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/57

Purpose

[4] Design for an unknown terraced house, 1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a house as Adam volumes 32/55-56, but with the end bays slightly projecting and containing niches, and showing the rear courtyard behind, and containing a large drawing room with apsidal ends containing niches, and a domestic suite

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plans of a House for Lord Ducie (in the hand of William Adam) / Plan of the One pair Story / Drawing Room / Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Staircase / Powdering Room / Water Closet and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    Robt Adam Archt 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (296 x 505)

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. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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