[4] Finished design for a church, 1788, not executed

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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 44/101

Purpose

[4] Finished design for a church, 1788, not executed

Aspect

Same as SM Adam volume 44/101 but without wash or details such as the drapery over the central Diocletian window. The ceiling is also slightly different, showing a coved ceiling with a timber beams above supporting the roof and turret. The different coloured washes denote the materials

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Section through the Church for Steuartown [sic] / on the North part of Edinburgh / (verso) 3 / 3

Signed and dated

26/04/1788
Albemarle Street / 26^th April 1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including Naples Yellow and pink, on laid paper (369x535)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

W surmounted by fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

1922, p.11
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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