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[19] Finished drawing for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/44
Purpose
[19] Finished drawing for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a five-bay house, with a central three-bay colonnade on the principal front, behind which is a hall, and then an imperial staircase, and with a central three-bay bow on the garden front, behind which is a circular room, and on one side the central three bays are recessed and behind a screen of two columns, and on the other side there is a central three-bay canted bow
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/3 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Sir James has a Copy in Pencil only / (and in pencil) / a Modern house for Sir James Lowther / N.B. the Plan for the Great Castle is the next page / Bed Chamber / / Servants room / Lady Mary's Dressing room / Anti Chamber / Water Closet / Hall / Eating room / Anti Room / Drawing Room / Sir James Lowthers Dressing room and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (543 x 329)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 131, 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 131, 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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