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[151] Preliminary design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/64
Purpose
[151] Preliminary design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a seven-bay church, with the central five bays projecting, articulated by lotus capital(?) columns and surmounted by a pediment, and with a central door, flanked by sculpture-filled niches, and the recessed end bays contain pedimented doors, and the whole has friezes of festoons and arabesques, and is surmounted by a spire which has been crossed out
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1769-76
date range: 1769-76
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (137 x 161)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
Rowan, 2007, p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 2007, p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers, Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 September 2007 - 12 January 2008; The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, 19 April - 24 May 2008; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 24 October - 13 December 2008
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk