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[157] Finished drawing for the ground plan of the building, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/29
Purpose
[157] Finished drawing for the ground plan of the building, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground plan of a five-bay chapel, with the central entrance behind a portico of paired columns, and a staircase to the gallery to either side of the entrance, and the nave and aisles are articulated by three columns, and with a segmental altar at the end, and with a three-bay vestry in the far corner, also containing stairs to the gallery
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of a Chapel intended to be Built for the Revd. Augustus Toplady in the Adelphi and some measurements given (verso) 3 / 3
Signed and dated
- November 1776
Adelphi Novemr 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and green and yellow wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (558 x 460)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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