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Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/66

Purpose

[7] Design for the principal front of a hospital chapel, 1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building with a hipped roof as SM Adam volume 10/88. The balustrades for the first-storey level windows are omitted. The flanking carriage arches are ornamented with medallions set within the spandrels, and they are surmounted by reclining figures flanked by urns / lanterns

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation towards the Road of a new Design for a Chapel for the Emmanuel Hospital (underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • December 1778
    Adelphi / 31.st Dec.r 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (530 x 356)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 59
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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