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  • image SM Adam volume 51/82

Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/82

Purpose

[13] Alternative finished drawing for a triumphal arch, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Side elevation and part section of a triumphal arch as SM Adam volume 1/15

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Part of the design for Hide Park Corner (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1778
    c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and Naples yellow within a single ruled border on laid paper (313 x 421)

Hand

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

Verso

9

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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