[31] Record drawing for an ornamental triumphal arch and lodge in Saltram Park, 1782, as executed with alterations

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  - Saltram Park, Devon: designs for the house and estate, for John Parker, 1768-82 (31)
    - Preliminary design and record drawing for an ornamental triumphal arch and lodge in Saltram Park, 1782, as executed with alterations (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/62

Purpose

[31] Record drawing for an ornamental triumphal arch and lodge in Saltram Park, 1782, as executed with alterations

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a triumphal arch with flanking walls. The arch, identical on front and back, as in Adam volume 54/7/246, except with Spalatro order capitals. Either side is a section of boundary wall containing a door and concluding with a plinth carrying a lion, beyond which is a fence

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Triumphal arch upon an Eminence near the Park at Saltram in Devonshire the seat of John Park (sic) Esqr / Plan of the Arch and side Door and some measurements given

Signed and dated

June 1782
Adelphi 22nd June / 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (651 x 495)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
For full literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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