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[42] Designs for an entrance gateway, 1786, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/49
Purpose
[42] Designs for an entrance gateway, 1786, possibly executed
Aspect
Above- Elevation of an entrance gateway, with piers surmounted by finials, and this is flanked by a wall supporting lattice wrought-iron screens
Centre- Elevation of an entrance gateway flanked by pedimented arches and walls supporting latticed wrought-iron screens
Below- Elevation of an entrance gateway, with broad paired piers, flanked by walls supporting latticed wrought-iron screens
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Doctor Turton (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- June 1786
8.t June 1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (390 x 275)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
WT
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 172; Index, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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