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  • image SM Adam volume 46/25

Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/25

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for the house, c1765-85, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a house as Adam volumes 43/23-24, but with a central balcony on the principal front, and containing reception and domestic rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 4/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the one pair Story / Servants room / Gentleman's Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Passage / Drawing room / Wardrobe / Dressing room / Balcony / Bed room / Great Staircase and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1765-85
    date range: c1765-85

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and was set within a single ruled border on laid paper (266 x 432)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 162
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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