[3] Design for a house, 1770, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - St James's Square, number 33, London: executed designs for the house for the Hon. George Hobart (later 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire), 1770 (12)
      - Designs for a house, 1770, as executed (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/17

Purpose

[3] Design for a house, 1770, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a house as Adam volume 44/16, and containing reception and domestic rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story / Earl of Buckinghamshire (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Drawing Room / Anti Room / Drawing Room / Dressing Room and some measurements given (verso) 4 / 4 / Mr Hobart

Signed and dated

1770
datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (482 x 624)

Hand

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

Watermark

D&CBLAUW IV

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
Survey of London, 1960, pl. 186d
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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