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[2] Finished drawing for a covered bridge, ND, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/36
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a covered bridge, ND, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a bridge of two segmental and moulded arches with roundels in the spandrels, supported by a rusticated pier on each bank, and with a balustrade extending along the abutments, and surmounted by a flat-roofed covering supported by bays containing niches surmounted by tablets, and engaged and free standing Doric columns
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Bridge for Mr Stirling (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) Number Twenty Two (in red pen) / Bridge for Mr Stirling
Signed and dated
- 1758-94
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (538 x 337)
Hand
Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
JVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 227
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 227
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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