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[1] Preliminary design for a grand pedestal and staircase, 1793, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/66
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a grand pedestal and staircase, 1793, executed status unknown
Aspect
Sketch elevation of a decorative pedestal adorned with enclosed rosettes, sphinxes, a medallion, festoons, and guilloche
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
(In pencil) Dedicated to the River Clyde [_ _ _ _ _] [_ _ _] [_ _ _ _ _] which joined to / the Forth by the canal between these Rivers unites the Influence / of both in extending the Wealth & prosperity of Scotland / (in pen) Dedicated to the River Clyde which join’d to the Forth by the Canal / between these Rivers Unites the Influence of both in extending / the Wealth and Prosperity of Scotland with some calculations in pencil
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (251x322)
Hand
Possibly
James Adam
James Adam
Verso
Sketch elevation and plan of a grand staircase and archway adorned with reclining figures, lamps, rustication and heraldry, all over a part-elevation of a pedestal
Level
Drawing
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