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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/48

Purpose

[12] Design showing a plan for the house, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the bedchamber (second) storey of the central block of a house as Adam volumes 48/46-47, but with no tripartite windows, and the central three bays of the principal front recessed, and the central two bays of the garden front projecting, and behind the bow of columns, and containing bedrooms

Scale

bar scale of 9/10 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Eastwell Park in Kent / the Seat of George Finch Hatton Esqr (of Eastwell Park in Kent / the Seat of George Finch Hatton Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) No 9 / 9 / These plans fror 8th note(?) this Book / Mr Hatton Plans and Unshaded Elevations from No 15

Signed and dated

  • 16/12/1774
    Adelphi Decr. 16t. 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (636 x 591)

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. 10
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 124
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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