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[7] Design for alterations to the house, c1768-72, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/10
Purpose
[7] Design for alterations to the house, c1768-72, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the bedchamber (first) storey of a square house, with a seven-bay principal front, with a central three-bay portico, and with the end bays projecting, and an eight-bay garden front, with the end bays projecting, and with seven-bay side fronts, one of them with the end bays projecting, and the house contains bedrooms and dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Gunton House in Norfolk / the Seat of Sir Harbord Harbord Bart (of Gunton House in Norfolk / the Seat of Sir Harbord Harbord Bart in the hand of William Adam) / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Passage / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Passage / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Passage / Lobby / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Passage / Lady Harbords Dressing Room / Lady Harbords Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Bed Camber / Dressing Room / Wardrobe / Powdering Room / Water Closet and measurements given (verso) 5 / 6 (in pencil) / 7 / 12 (in pencil) / Number 2 (in red pen) / Sir Harboard Harboard
Signed and dated
- 1768-72
datable to c1768-72
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (589 x 493)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonom, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
King, 2001, Volume II, p, 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p, 126
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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