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[2] Finished drawing for alterations to the church, 1759, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/86
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for alterations to the church, 1759, unexecuted
Aspect
Part plan and elevation for a church with a crenellated four-storey central tower, with two angle buttresses, and flanked by crenellated single-storey aisles, each with a diagonal buttress, and with traceried windows
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chapple for Edwin Lascelles Esqr / afterwards Lord Harewood (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1759
datable to 1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (459 x 599)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
Mauchline, 1992, pp. 15, 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Mauchline, 1992, pp. 15, 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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