[56] Design for a bridge, c1767, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/9

Purpose

[56] Design for a bridge, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a segmental arch bridge with stone piers containing niches with urns. Above the niches in the central piers there are blank tablets and the piers are surmounted by pyramidal parapets with balustrades set in between. The bridge terminates in wrought-iron lamps ornamented with arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

For The Right Honble The Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

c1767
c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including cerulean blue, sepia and olive green on laid paper (663 x 504)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

number 5 (brown ink) / Bridge for Ld Bute

Watermark

D & C BLAUW

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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