[15] Finished drawing for a triumphal arch, c1778, unexecuted

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  - Hyde Park Corner, London, designs for a triumphal arch, gatehouses and screens, c1778, unexecuted (18)
    - Finished drawings for a triumphal arch, third design, c1778, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 28/7

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for a triumphal arch, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Side elevation of triumphal arch, articulated by fluted Corinthian columns, with a central arched entrance, flanked by paired Doric pilasters, and panels depicting military trophies. The spandrels of the entrance contain further trophies, and there is a frieze of anthemia and arabesques. Above this there is a roundel depicting a winged figure and chariot, and this is flanked by further panels of military trophies. Above this there is a frieze of swags and rosettes, and all this is surmounted by statuary, and a plinth ornamented with a figurative scene

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Part of a Design for a Gateway at Hide Park Corner (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

c1778
c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (593 x 488)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 41
Rowan, 1988, p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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