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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/99

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a bridge, 1773, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a detail of a bridge with segmental arches, resting on pyramid-topped piers containing urn-filled niches, and ornamented with fluting, swags in the parapets of the piers, and a parapet of balustrading across the arches. The abutment is terminated by a lamp on a pedestal

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Earl of Harborough at Stapleford (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    datable to 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (261 x 116)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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