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[18] Preliminary design for gateway to Saltram Park, c1773, as executed with alterations
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Reference number
Adam volume 10/104
Purpose
[18] Preliminary design for gateway to Saltram Park, c1773, as executed with alterations
Aspect
Rough elevation and fragmentary plan of a tripartite gateway, with a central semicircular-headed arch with keystone and medallions surmounted by a frieze of festoons. A pedimented octagonal lodge with pyramidal roof is connected to the arch by a wall decorated with a festoon and surmounted by an urn; across all runs a fluted frieze
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c1773
datable to c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (263 x 227)
Hand
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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