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[43] Design for an entrance gateway and lodges, c1786, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/51
Purpose
[43] Design for an entrance gateway and lodges, c1786, possibly executed
Aspect
Above- Side elevation of a gatehouse, with a hipped roof and an entrance screen, flanked by piers which are surmounted by shallow pyramids, and are ornamented with plain tablets enclosing ovals, with aprons of guttae
Centre- Elevation of an entrance gateway, flanked by piers which are surmounted by shallow pyramids and ornamented with plain tablets containing ovals, and with aprons of guttae. The gateway is flanked by link walls with niches, and pavilion gatehouses with pyramidal roofs, and a bowed tripartite window surmounted by a plain tablet with an apron of guttae
Below- Plan of an entrance gateway, flanked by curved link walls containing niches, and single-bay buildings containing two rooms, one with a bow front
Scale
bar scale of 2 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Doctor Turton (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1786
c1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (558 x 480)
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
Verso
Doctor Turton / Gateway for Doctor Turnton at Brasted (in the hand of William Adam) / 3 / 3 / 3 / Number 3 (in the hand of William Adam, brown ink)
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 172; Index, p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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