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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/64

Purpose

[38] Finished drawing for the parlour (ground) storey of the house, c1768-70, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a three-bay terraced house, containing a dressing room, an eating room, and a central staircase

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Parlor Story of a house in the / Adelphi for David Garrick Esqr (of a house in the / Adelphi for David Garrick Esqr in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Eating Room / Staircase / Passage / Passage / Dressing Room and some measurements given (verso) 6 / 6

Signed and dated

  • c1768-70
    datable to c1768-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (307 x 521)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonom, 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. 33
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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