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[9] Design for a five-block house, 1767, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/55
Purpose
[9] Design for a five-block house, 1767, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the principal (first) storey of a house as Adam volume 33/56, but with a central three-bay bow on the principal and garden fronts of each link, and with the wings composed of square courts, with a central three-bay bow in each internal front, and with a circular tower on each corner
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Principal Story of a Plan for Lowther Castle, the Seat of Sir James Lowther Baronet (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / (and in feint pencil) a design / Library / Saloon / Anti room / Drawing room / 2d D / 3d D / Anti room / Picture Gallery / This m[ _ _ _ ] was shown / being [ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] and some rough calculations given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (995 x 601)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
D&CBLAUW and XD&CB within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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