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[1] Preliminary design for the ground storey of a chapel, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/66 (verso)
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for the ground storey of a chapel, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a building, with a portico entrance containing niches. The entrance leads to a space alternatively designed as circular and apsidal ended. The central space is flanked by colonnades. To the rear there is a window/entrance flanked by niches
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Plan of the Chapel for the Emmanuel Hospital (pencil) / 2
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (530 x 356)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
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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