[8] Finished drawing for a church showing an elevation of the north (side) front, c1772-81, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Public buildings
  - Cromarty Parish Church, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands: designs for a church and a house for George Ross, unexecuted, 1772-81 (11)
    - Preliminary designs and finished drawings for a church, 1772-81, unexecuted (10)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/45

Purpose

[8] Finished drawing for a church showing an elevation of the north (side) front, c1772-81, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the north (side) front of a church with a pitched roof. The central body of the church is composed of an octagon surmounted by a conical roof, flanked by single-bay projections to either side ornamented with Doric pilasters, and surmounted by a domed tower at the east (left-hand) end

Scale

bar scale of 2 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of one Side of a Church for George Ross Esqr near Cromarty (verso) 2 / 2

Signed and dated

1772-81
date range: 1772-1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (535 x 364)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

Fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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