Explore Collections Explore The Collections
You are here: CollectionsOnline  /  [15] Design for the first scheme of alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted

Browse

  • image SM Adam volume 32/34

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/34

Purpose

[15] Design for the first scheme of alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the garret storey of a house, with a central block as Adam volumes 32/31-33, and flanked by the roofs of links and pavilions

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Garrets (verso) Pretty But Imperfect / This to be placed Twelfth Eleventh (in red pen) / [cropped] for Mamhead

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    Adelphi July 4t. 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (590 x 507)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
Rowan, 1988, p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 132
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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk