[23] Design for plan of attic in a Castle style

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  - Dunninald House, Craig, Angus: unexecuted designs for David Scott, 1795 (43)
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Reference number

SM volume 59/35

Purpose

[23] Design for plan of attic in a Castle style

Aspect

Attic floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

David Scott Esq^r, Plan of the Attic Floor, rooms labelled: Staircase, Lobby (twice), Chamber (twice), Dressing Room, Barrack Room, Closet and dimensions given

Signed and dated

17/7/1795
Copy Lincolns Inn Fields July 17^th 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pale blue washes, shaded (sic) on laid paper (308 x 517) tipped into volume 59, page 35

Hand

The office Day Book has an entry for 17 July 1795 : 'David Scott Esq /Abt fair copies of drawings Meyer / Jeans, Seward, Good'. These were four of the five pupils then serving their articles with Soane. See general notes for full names and dates.

Watermark

J Larking fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, GR

Notes

The term 'Barrack room' suggests accommodation for soldiers which seems unlikely. Perhaps a joke - considering the castle-like house?

Level

Drawing

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