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  • image SM Adam volume 32/26

Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/26

Purpose

[28] Design for the second scheme of alterations to the house, 1777

Aspect

Plan of the second storey as Adam volume 32/24-25, but without the rear ranges, and containing bedrooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Two Pair Story of Mamhead House / on of the Seats of Lord Viscount Lisburne (in the hand of William Adam) (and all inscribed on a small separate sheet affixed to the drawing) (verso) 6

Signed and dated

  • 16/05/1777
    Adelphi / May 16t 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a single ruled border (487 x 510)

Hand

Adam office hand, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

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