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[4] Record drawing for a bridge, 1782, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/29
Purpose
[4] Record drawing for a bridge, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a bridge with three segmental arches supported by compound piers with friezes of festoons, and ornamented with enclosed rosettes in the spandrels. The largest central arch is balustraded, and flanked by piers supporting small circular domed lodges. The outer arches are surmounted by wedge-shaped walls, and terminate in piers supporting circular pediments ornamented with a figurative band, and a gadrooned urn. The abutments are surmounted by iron fencing and terminate in circular pedestals supporting lamps
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Bridge for General Plaistow (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) Number 17 / Gener Plaistow
Signed and dated
- 1782
Adelphi 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a double ruled border on laid paper (623 x 406)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (and underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
XDC&B within cartouche
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 227
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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