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