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[5] Finished design for a church, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/79
Purpose
[5] Finished design for a church, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Lateral elevation of a two-storey church. Same as SM Adam volume 33/80 but with a large arched window in the centre and a steeple at one end
Scale
bar scale of ¾ of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Lateral Elevation of a new design for Laswade Church (in the hand of William Adam) / (verso) Church at Laswade near Edinh (in a different hand) / Elevations 2 Ground Plan 1 Section / from No 11
Signed and dated
- 1791
Robt Adam Architect 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (450x307)
Hand
Adam, Robert (1728--1792)
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
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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