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[119] Finished drawing for a gateway and lodges, 1779-1782, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/22
Purpose
[119] Finished drawing for a gateway and lodges, 1779-1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a gate lodge, with a central arched gateway, bared by ironwork gates, with engaged Spalatro order columns, and in the form of a triumphal arch with a Doric frieze, and a central figurative bas relief panel in the attic flanked by single-storey, single-bay links, with doors barred by ironwork gates, and crowned with crockets, and single-storey, single-bay domed pavilions, with aedicular windows, and beyond is a length of wall
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Gateway and Lodge for Edwin Lascelles Esqr at Harewood and some dimensions given (verso) No 1
Signed and dated
- June 1779
Adelphi / 12t June 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (592 x 443)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
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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