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  • image SM Adam volume 41/67

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/67

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for Mistley Church, c1776, as executed

Aspect

Section of a two-storey, three-bay building with a hipped roof, with a central balcony and lunette window, set behind an Ionic screen. This is flanked by semi-circular headed windows and Ionic pilasters. To the right there is a pulpit as SM Adam volume 41/70. The central building is flanked by single-bay towers, with Tuscan entrance porticoes, and these are surmounted by domed belvederes, supporting weather vanes. The tower to the left contains a spiral staircase, with an oculus above

Scale

bar scale of 1 5/8 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section through Mistley Church (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

  • c1776
    c1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash, and pink and Naples yellow washes on laid paper (431 x 281)

Hand

Possibly
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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