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[3] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/63
Purpose
[3] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed
Aspect
Plan of the attic (second) storey of a house as Adam volumes 33/61-62, and containing bedrooms and dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Attic Story of Sir James Lowthers house at Whitehaven (of Sir James Lowthers house at Whitehaven in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Lady's Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Gentlemans Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber & Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Gentlemans Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Ladys Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Back Stairs / Passage / Passage / Nursery / Bed Room / Bed Chamber / Place for Boxes Trunks &c. / Water Closet / Gentlemans Dressing room / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Lady's Dressing Room / Servants Bed Room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Servants Bed / Servants Bed / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Servants Bed Room / Ladys Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Gentlemans Dressing room / Water Closet and measurements given (verso) No 5 / Sr Jas Lowther / Whitehaven
Signed and dated
- c1766
datable to c1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (375 x 542)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco, with addition to 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. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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