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  • image SM Adam volume 48/16

Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/16

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a church, c.1793, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, eleven-bay church with a central clock tower. The ground floor comprises a continuous rusticated arcade supporting a balustrade to the first floor which is articulated by a Ionic columns supporting an entablature and pediment with heraldry. The clock tower has a domed roof and is adorned with festoon friezes, reclining figures and a decorative panel

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Church at Glasgow / (verso) no 3 / no 3 / (in another hand) Trongate Church, Glasgow

Signed and dated

  • c.1793
    c.1793

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (485x641)

Hand

Probably
James Adam

Level

Drawing

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