[9] Design for an altar for Mistley Church, 1776

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Public buildings
  - Mistley Church, Essex, for the Rt. Hon. Richard Rigby, c1776, as executed (11)
    - Design for an altar for Mistley Church, 1776 (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/71

Purpose

[9] Design for an altar for Mistley Church, 1776

Aspect

Above- Elevation of an altar, with fluted Doric stiles, ornamented with winged putti masks. The altar is ornamented with an alpha and omega symbol, combined with a cross and set within a triangle. This is enclosed within a roundel, embellished with flora and semi-circular bands of calyx. This is flanked by panels ornamented with arabesques, anthemia and rosettes Below- Plan of an altar, flanked by engaged columns

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot (below - bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot, crossed through)

Inscribed

Altar for Mistley Church (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

September 1776
Adelphi Sep.r 24.t 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (356 x 374)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 23

Level

Drawing

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