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[1] Preliminary design for a church, c.1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/202
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a church, c.1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building with a central steeple. The central bay is set within a relieving arch and framed by piers and a pediment. The flanking bays are stepped back with narrow windows and the outer bays are also stepped back with ground-floor niches and first-floor decorative panels. There is an additional tower at one end and there is also a faint sketch of a large dome with flanking turrets
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (180x174)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
Portal & Co
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p.21
King, Volume 1, 2001, pp. 381, 394
King, Volume 2, 2001, p.18
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, Volume 1, 2001, pp. 381, 394
King, Volume 2, 2001, p.18
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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