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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/99

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for a classical gateway, 1765, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation and plan of a gateway comprising a central gateway within a Doric pedimented surround with flanking gated openings within moulded surrounds adorned with enclosed rosettes, triglyph, and ram heads, with a continuous fluted frieze and balustrading above

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/2 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of a Gateway for His Grace The Duke of Atholl at Dunkeld / (verso) [..]ke of Athall / (in another hand) Elevation of Gateway / (in another hand) Number 28

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    datable to 1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (490x379)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson, Giuseppe Sacco, Giuseppe Manocchi, Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Watermark

LVG with fleur de lis in crowend cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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