[26] Finished drawing for a bridge, c.1789, unexecuted

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  - Findlater Castle, Moray: designs for a castle, stables and offices, gates and a bridge for James Ogilvy 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, 1789, unexecuted (26)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/43

Purpose

[26] Finished drawing for a bridge, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a single-span bridge with octagonal piers, adorned with crosses, diamond friezes, paterae on the spandrels, a machicolated cornice, balustrading and a central panel with lion heads

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of a Bridge for the new Approach to Findlater Castle / over the Brook in the Glen. / 50.0

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (498x312)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 244
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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