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  • image SM Adam volume 1/226

Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/226

Purpose

[41] Preliminary design for a bridge, c.1788, executed in part

Aspect

Sketch elevation of a three-span rusticated bridge with a keystone over the centre arch, with a panel above, and rounded piers with sloped starlings. The elevation is adorned with enclosed rosettes, a Doric frieze and a continuous bottle-neck balustrade with pyramidal pedestals

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

24 / 13

Signed and dated

  • c.1788
    datable to c.1788

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (166x162)

Hand

Probably
Robert or James Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume 1, p. 138; Volume 2, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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