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[24] Design for a church, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/90
Purpose
[24] Design for a church, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the west end of a two-storey, three-bay pedimented church, with three acroteria, and a central door, surmounted by a Diocletian window, and within a relieving arch, flanked by niches, over which are rectangular panels containing rosettes and festoons
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
End of a Church for Mr Steward Mackenzie (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1766
datable to 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (174 x 199)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith and William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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