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[3] Design for the house, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/54
Purpose
[3] Design for the house, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the first storey of a house as Adam volume 37/53
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Barnbougle Castle one of the Seats of / The Earl of Roseberry (all in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Closet / Anti Room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Closet / Toilet Room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Staircase / Powdering Room / Water Close / Passage / Staircase / Court / Anti Room / Powdering Room / Water Closet / Servants Bed Room / Great Staircase / Court / Ladys Dressg Room / Bed Chamber / Gentlemans Dressg Room / Winter Eating Room or 3rd Anti Chamber / Closet / Closet / Closet / Staircase / Closet / Drawing Room or 2nd Anti Chamber / Closet / Powdering room / Water Closet / Lobby or Servants Room / Staircase / Porch Continued / Tribune or 1st Anti Chamber / Closet / Drawing Room or 2nd Anti Chamber / Closet / Staircase / Gallery for Drawings &c / Staircase / Closet / Summer Eating Room or 3rd Anti Chamber / Closet / Staircase / Library / Court and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (805 x 573)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
Tait, 1981, p. 421
Rowan, 1985, p. 98
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Tait, 1981, p. 421
Rowan, 1985, p. 98
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 161
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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