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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/85

Purpose

[39] Preliminary design for a bridge, c1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Perspective view of a bridge with brick piers surmounted by timber starlings, and a timber balustrade ornamented with lozenges, with pilasters supporting finials. The bridge is flanked by banks with trees
  • image SM Adam volume 1/85

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • c1786
    c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (296 x 238)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 171; Index, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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