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[153] Design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/62
Purpose
[153] Design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Axial section through the building, with two-storey walls, and a pitched roof surmounted by a ball-shaped finial, and with a barrel-vaulted central nave, with an altar ornamented with strigillation set against a tripartite, pedimented reredos, surmounted by a Venetian window, and the nave is flanked by aisles, articulated by two rows of Corinthian columns to each side, and supporting galleried seating
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1769-76
date range: 1769-76
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (233 x 204)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
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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