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  • image SM Adam volume 37/73

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/73

Purpose

[18] Design for a castle-style house (3rd scheme), 1773, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Section of a house as Adam volumes 37/70-72, 74-77, with a hipped roof, and showing a half-sunk basement, surmounted by three storeys; and with a projecting bay to either side

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section through the House from A to B markt on the Plan of the Principal Story / for Mr Baron Mure at Caldwell (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 4

Signed and dated

  • 08/05/1773
    Adelphi May 8t. 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (598 x 488)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
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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