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[4] Finished drawing for Mistley Church, c1776, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/66
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for Mistley Church, c1776, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, two-bay building, with a central, stepped entrance surmounted by a fanlight, and with a projecting Tuscan portico in the central bay. This is surmounted by a clock, flanked by festoons and statuary, with a pediment above. This is surmounted by a domed belvedere, articulated by Ionic columns and with a stepped, ribbed dome supporting a weather vane. The central bay is flanked by half-bays containing semi-circular headed windows. Beyond this there are Tuscan porticoes supporting statuary
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
End view of Mistley Church (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1776
c1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (388 x 274)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 23
Level
Drawing
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