[30] Alternative design for a bridge, c1761-68, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire: designs for the house, offices and park buildings, for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1761-71 (32)
    - Designs for buildings within the park
      - Alternative designs for a bridge, c1761-68, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/31

Purpose

[30] Alternative design for a bridge, c1761-68, unexecuted

Aspect

Unfinished elevation of a bridge set within a landscape of three segmental arches, the central arch being the widest, supporting four piers. The central arch is surmounted by a sculpted centaur, and the outer arches are surmounted by griffon relief panels. There is a parapet of balustrading. The abutments are ornamented with a band of fret

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Bridge for The Right Honble The Earl of Shelburne proposed to be built over a Branch of the Great piece of Water at Bowood in Wiltshire and some measurements given

Signed and dated

1761-1768
date range: 1761-68

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including sepia within a single ruled border on laid paper (1166 x 446)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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