[1] Preliminary design for a grand pedestal and staircase, 1793, executed status unknown

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  - River Clyde: grand pedestal and staircase dedicated to the River Clyde, ND, executed status unknown (1)

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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

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Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (251x322)

Hand

Possibly
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

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