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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/53

Purpose

[15] Design for a gateway, c1775-79, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a crenellated gateway as Adam volume 21/139, but drawn to scale, and without the pencil-drawn alternative end turret, and with a plan showing the links being colonnaded on the inner side, and the end turrets being paired

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Gateway for Burleigh Castle (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

  • 1775-1779
    date range: 1775-1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (634 x 492)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam, with drawn pencil annotations in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 243
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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