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Academic study showing a plan of a longitudinal and symmetrical building, possibly a church, with a façade of nine bays with a three-bay projecting centre. It has a rectangular court and a smaller circular court with columns, other apsidal spaces, and side elevations arranged as a series of niches.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/126
Purpose
Academic study showing a plan of a longitudinal and symmetrical building, possibly a church, with a façade of nine bays with a three-bay projecting centre. It has a rectangular court and a smaller circular court with columns, other apsidal spaces, and side elevations arranged as a series of niches.
Aspect
Plan
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 126
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen261 x 163, trimmed at top
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
fleur de lys in circle
Notes
This plan can be compared with the smaller ink scheme in Adam vol.55/122, and perhaps also with the chalk study in Adam vol.55/127. There is a possible sketch version of this plan in Adam vol.9/14.
Level
Drawing
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