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[7] Design for the principal front of a hospital chapel, 1778, unexecuted
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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
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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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