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[25] Design for a church, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/91
Purpose
[25] Design for a church, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the east end of a two-storey, three-bay pedimented church, with a clock in the tympanum of the pediment, surmounted by a small spire, with a central door flanked by niches, and with half height windows on the first storey, and with a pencil-drawn annotation in the top right-hand corner, showing a detail of the top of the spire
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Church for The Right Honble / Stewart 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 (236 x 374)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
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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