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[5] Preliminary design for a gateway, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/140
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for a gateway, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of an archway, with piers containing entrances flanked by Ionic columns, and this is surmounted by a tablet ornamented with an ox skull and festoons. Above this there is a figurative roundel and caryatid supports. The arch is surmounted by a balustrade, terminating in plinths ornamented with rosettes and festoons, and surmounted by a recumbent lion
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (210 x 184)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
PVL
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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