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[31] Record drawing for an ornamental triumphal arch and lodge in Saltram Park, 1782, as executed with alterations
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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.
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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