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An Act for Enabling John, Robert, James, and William Adam to Dispose of Several Houses and Buildings in St. Martin in the Fields

Subject of book Robert Adam British, Scottish
Publisher Eyre and Strahan British
1773
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: An Act for Enabling John, Robert, James, and William Adam to Dispose of Several Houses and Buildings in St. Martin in the Fields
  • Subject of book: Robert Adam (British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728–1792 London)
  • Publisher: Eyre and Strahan (London)
  • Date: 1773
  • Medium: Illustrations: woodcut vignettes
  • Dimensions: 5 3/8 × 9 1/16 × 3/16 in. (13.7 × 23 × 0.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Hannington & Rutherford, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.72.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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