[9] Design for a gateway, c.1791, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/52

Purpose

[9] Design for a gateway, c.1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Variant of SM Adam volume 2/152 with the addition of a gate within the central opening, and flanking lower walls

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of a Gateway for the Right Honb^l^e The Earl of Wimyss proposed to be built / on the external fence at Gosford in East Lothian / (verso) Kitchen for [ _ _ _ _ ] The Earl of Wemys / Here picked out from those that we kept from no 12

Signed and dated

c.1791
datable to c.1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (599x308)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Watermark

C & S with shield surmounted by a fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p.15
King, 2001, p. 213
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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