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[2] Finished drawing for a gate and lodges, ND, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/85
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a gate and lodges, ND, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a pair of ironwork carriage gates, supported by square rusticated and pyramid-topped piers ornamented with enclosed rosettes flanked by festoons in the capitals. Each gate is flanked by single-storey, single-bay links containing doors, and beyond are single-storey, single-bay lodges with pyramidal roofs, containing a window within a relieving arch
Scale
bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Gateway for Richard Combe Esqr (verso) 2 / Number 19 (in red pen)
Signed and dated
- 1758-94
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (542 x 375)
Hand
Adam office hand
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 226
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 226
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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