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  • image SM Adam volume 50/88

Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/88

Purpose

[8] Finished drawing for a chapel, 1759-62

Aspect

Plan and wall elevation for a rectangular chapel with apsidal ends concealing spiral staircases. The elevation shows a arched window framed by engaged Corinthian columns. On the plan the end windows are shown as tripartites, with the outer light being blind, and flanked by niches

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of a Chapel & Window for Edwin Lascelles Esqr afterwards Lord Harewood (in the hand of William Adam) and some dimensions (in pencil) (verso) Edwin Lascelles Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1759-62
    date range: 1759-62

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (346 x 493)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Mauchline, 1992, p. 83
Harris, 2001, p. 144
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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