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  • image SM Adam volume 45/46

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/46

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing for a church showing an axial section, c1772-81, unexecuted

Aspect

Axial section through a one-and-a-half-storey church, with a pitched roof and coved ceiling, and with a canted end containing arched windows flanking an apse. The apse contains a mezzanine supported by two Doric columns

Scale

bar scale of 2 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section across the Church shewing one End within. / (and in the hand of William Adam) Parish Church for George Ross Esqr near Cromarty (underwritten in pencil) (verso) 3 / 3

Signed and dated

  • 1772-81
    date range: 1772-1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (522 x 356)

Hand

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

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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