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