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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/89

Purpose

[23] Preliminary design for a church, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the north front of a two-storey, nine-bay church, with a pitched roof, with pencil-drawn acroteria on the west end, and with a small spire at the east end, with half height windows on the ground storey, and arched windows on the first storey, except for the central window which is rectangular, and the central three bays projecting, with an Ionic portico on the first storey, supporting a pediment

Scale

1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    datable to 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (478 x 238)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Watermark

LVG surmounted by cartouche with garter and surmounted by fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 67
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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