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  • image SM Adam volume 51/50

Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/50

Purpose

[44] Design for an entrance gateway, c1786, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of an entrance gateway with a wrought iron gate, ornamented with a half-patera, enclosed within a fan. The flanking piers are substantial, and are surmounted by recumbent sphinxes. Beyond this there are walls surmounted by wrought iron quarter-fans and pointed posts

Scale

bar scale of 4 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Doctor Turton (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1786
    c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (485 x 311)

Hand

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

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.

Level

Drawing

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