[2] Finished drawing for a church, 1788, not executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Steuartown, Church, North Edinburgh: finished designs for a church, 1788, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/99

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for a church, 1788, not executed

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey church with a pyramidal roof surmounted by a turret. There is a central Corinthian portico supporting a pediment crowned by statues, as well as a continuous frieze decorated with festoons and a cornice which runs across the elevation. There are a mixture of square, arched and Diocletian windows as well as oculi

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Design of a Church for the North part of Edinburgh / (verso) 1

Signed and dated

1788
datable to 1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (510x366)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

J Whatman

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p.11
Literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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