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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/132

Purpose

[1] Design showing the ground storey for the house, 1773, executed with alterations

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey, of a five- by three-bay rectangular house, with a central bow on the principal and garden fronts, and the garden front bow is behind a five-bay colonnade, and with a central Imperial staircase

Scale

bar scale of 1 4/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground floor of a House for the Duke of Ancaster (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 5

Signed and dated

  • 19/07/1773
    19 July 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (528 x 379)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
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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