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[7] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation for the third scheme for additions to the building, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/24
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation for the third scheme for additions to the building, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation similar to the second scheme (Adam volumes 38/23 and 27), but with a shorter exterior curtain wall, terminating closer to the interior buildings at each end, and with no external door in the left-hand side of the curtain wall
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Third Design for Additional Buildings and Outside Wall for the Kings Bench Prison and some measurements given (verso) 4 / 4 / 9 (in pencil) / Number 9 (in red pen) / Kings Bench Prison
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (954 x 630)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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