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  • image SM Adam volume 42/66

Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/66

Purpose

[40] Finished drawing for the second storey of the house, c1768-70, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the second storey of a three-bay terraced house, containing bedrooms, a dressing room, closet and water closet, and a central staircase and back staircase

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the two pair of Stairs. 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) / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Closet / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber and some measurements given (verso) 7

Signed and dated

  • c1768-70
    datable to c1768-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (306 x 524)

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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