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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/4

Purpose

[12] Finished drawing showing a longitudinal section, c1772-79

Aspect

Longitudinal section through a two-storey building, with a central circular, two-storey, domed room, with an arcade around the ground storey, and a colonnade around the first-storey gallery, flanked by a mezzanine running through the first storey, and by slightly higher end bays surmounted by clock towers

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from East to West through the Register Office at Edinburgh (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 4

Signed and dated

  • 1772-79
    datable to c1772-79

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink and yellow wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (937 x 535)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 11
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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