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[43] Finished drawing for the section through the house, c1768-70, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/61
Purpose
[43] Finished drawing for the section through the house, c1768-70, as executed
Aspect
Axial section through a five-storey house, with a mezzanine level in the basement in the principal front, and with pitched roofs, and a central stairwell which is top lit by a central conical oculus, and with arched recesses in the walls of the front rooms on the ground and first storeys
Scale
bar scale of 2 4/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the House. from A to B as mark’t on the plan David Garrick Esqr in the Adelphi (David Garrick Esqr in the Adelphi in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 2
Signed and dated
- c1768-70
datable to c1768-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and pink and yellow wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (786 x 607)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonom, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 82
Rowan, 2007, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 82
Rowan, 2007, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers, Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 September 2007 - 12 January 2008; The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, 19 April - 24 May 2008; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 24 October - 13 December 2008
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk