[2] Finished drawing for a covered bridge, ND, not known to have been executed

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  - Mr Stirling: alternative designs for a covered bridge, ND, not known to have been executed (2)
    - Alternative preliminary design and finished drawing for a covered bridge, ND, not known to have been executed (2)

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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.

Level

Drawing

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