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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/82

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design of a bridge, 1793, unexecuted

Aspect

Part-elevation of a bridge showing three spans and piers with pyramidal-roof starlings, and domed pedestals with an arched abutment at one end with stairs and a lodge. The bridge is adorned with enclosed rosettes, cornices and balustrading with lamps on pedestals

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

[_ _ _ _ _] level / of the River

Signed and dated

  • 1793
    datable to 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (406x118)

Hand

Probably
James Adam

Literature

King, 2001, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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