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  • image SM Adam volume 32/56

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/56

Purpose

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

Aspect

Plan of the parlour (ground) storey of a house as Adam volume 32/55, but with the end bays slightly projecting, and the entrance in the left-hand end bay, and containing reception rooms, and a court above the kitchen at the rear

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plans of House for Lord Ducie (in the hand of William Adam) / Plan of the Parlor Story of a House for Lord Ducie / Hall / Eating Room / Staircase / Powdering Room / Water Closet / Court / Court and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    Robt Adam Archt 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (322 x 507)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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