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[155] Design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/96
Purpose
[155] Design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Longitudinal section through the building as Adam volume 44/98, with a central coved nave, ornamented with a compartmental ceiling, and with apsidal ends, ornamented with coffered semi-domes, and a five-bay screen of Corinthian columns across the aisle, and with a coved ante room at the west end forming a porch, with an apse at one end containing three sculpture-filled niches, and the lotus capital columns and pediment of the principal front are shown on the right-hand end
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section of a Church for Durham yard (in the hand of William Adam) (verso) 3 / Chapel for Durham Yard (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1769-76
date range: 1769-76
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (598 x 493)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
Rowan, 2007, p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
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