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  • image SM Adam volume 33/65

Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/65

Purpose

[5] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed

Aspect

Plan and part section of the hipped and pitched roofs of a house as Adam volumes 33/61-64

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section across the Roof from a to b / A / B / Lead / Plan of the Roofs of / Sir James Lowthers House / at Whitehaven (of / Sir James Lowthers House / at Whitehaven in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 1

Signed and dated

  • c1766
    datable to c1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (372 x 520)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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