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[1] Design showing a plan of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/97
Purpose
[1] Design showing a plan of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the house, and domestic offices, showing a rectangular house, with projecting canted end bays on both the principal and garden fronts, and at the other end of the building is an adjacent range, running away from the building, with two large tripartite windows, and connecting to a diagonally slanting conservatory, with a projecting central portion articulated by small circular towers
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of part of the House and Offices at Shaw Park The Seat of The Right Honorable Lord Cathcart / The Elevation of the Front if made upon this Line / Drawing Room / Eating Room / Passage / Conservatory and some measurements given (verso) 6
Signed and dated
- 08/07/1775
Adelphi July 8t. 1775.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (716 x 534)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY / LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
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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