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[1] Finished drawing showing a plan for the first scheme for additions to the building, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/22
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing showing a plan for the first scheme for additions to the building, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan showing a D-shaped curtain wall, with circular towers, and a three-bay gatehouse with circular towers on the corners, and a large additional rectangular court to one side, and containing a further rectangular curtain wall, with a segmental entrance on one side, and within the walls are two ranges of rectangular buildings containing cells
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
First Design for Additional Buildings and Outside Wall for the King's Bench Prison and some measurements given (verso) 2 / 2
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (908 x 563)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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