[2] Design for the elevation of a gateway, 1785, unexecuted

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  - Loftus Hall, Co. Wexford: designs for a gate and lodge, and set of gates for Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely, 1785, unexecuted (4)
    - Designs for a gate and lodge, 1785, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/57

Purpose

[2] Design for the elevation of a gateway, 1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a gateway, same as SM Adam volume 2/178 and verso of 51/57 but with the omission of enclosed rosettes and the addition of iron gateways in the arched openings

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of a Gateway for the Park for the Right Hon^ble Charles Loftus (underwritten in pencil) / Extends 40 feet / (in pencil) Elevation towards the Road / (verso) Rt. Hon^ble Charles Loftus. / 3 designs for a Gateway with Ground Plan of a Lodge

Signed and dated

19/2/1785
Adelphi / 19. Febry 1785~

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (532x372)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

Preliminary design for the plan and elevation of a gateway, same as SM Adam volume 2/178 with additional architectural detailing

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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