[3] Finished drawing for a church, c.1793, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Tron Church, Glasgow: designs for a church, c.1793, executed to a variant design (7)
    - Alternative design for a church, c.1793, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/22

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for a church, c.1793, unexecuted

Aspect

First floor plan of a church and flanking houses, similar to SM Adam volume 48/22, with the addition of a turret staircase in one of the circular rooms at the front of the church and different internal wall partitions in the houses, with water closets to the rear

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Church at Glasgow with Dwelling houses in front another Design ~ / (verso) Church at Glasgow / 2 pieces 4 elevations 3 plan / (in another hand) Last design of the Trone / (in another hand) [_ _ _ _] Church / (in pencil) Trong’ plans & Fronts & [_ _ _ _] [_ _ _] [_ _ _ _] / (in pen) no 7 / no 7 these plans go 5^th into this book

Signed and dated

c.1793
datable to c.1793

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including cerulean blue and naples yellow, within a ruled border on laid paper (543x451)

Hand

Possibly
James Adam or John Robertson

Watermark

J Whatman / W surmounted by a shield with a fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 15
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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