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  • image SM Adam volume 37/10

Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/10

Purpose

[40] Finished drawing for a bridge, 1780, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Elevation of a ruined arch and a bridge with a mixture of square and round towers, adorned with machicolated cornices, voussoired arches and arched windows

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Cullean Castle Bridge for the Right Honorable / The Earl of Cassillis ~ (underwritten in pencil) / (verso) 5

Signed and dated

  • 24/3/1780
    Adelphi / March 24.th 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a ruled border on laid paper (635x444)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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