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[4] Finished drawing for a bridge, 1793, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/41
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a bridge, 1793, unexecuted
Aspect
Same as SM Adam volume 48/15
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Design of a Bridge proposed to be built over the Clyde opposite the Salt Market Street Glasgow / (in another hand) Supposed the greatest hight[sic] of the Water / Supposed Ordinary hight of the water / Pavement for foot passengers 5 feet wide / Carriage Way 20 feet wide / Pavement for foot Passenger 5 feet wide with some dimensions / (verso) Glasgow Bridge Duplicate / no 5
Signed and dated
- 1793
datable to 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including cerulean blue and pink within a ruled border on laid paper (1282x485)
Hand
Possibly
James Adam or John Robertson
James Adam or John Robertson
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 14
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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