[19] Design for a bridge, c1770-73, as executed

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  - Alnwick Castle, Northumberland: designs for interior decoration and buildings in the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1769-83 (36)
    - Design for the Lion Bridge, c1770-73 as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/35

Purpose

[19] Design for a bridge, c1770-73, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a crenellated bridge, composed of three segmental arches; with enclosed shields in the spandrels; and supported by single-bay round towers with pyramidal starlings; and the central arch is surmounted by a sculpted lion; and the abutments have wooden fencing for balustrades and terminate in lamps on pedestals. There is a rough pencil-drawn detail in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Bridge proposed to be Built at Alnwick. One of the Seats of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland (verso) 1 / Bridge at Alnwick [cropped]

Signed and dated

1770-73
date range: 1770-73

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (1461 x 501)

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

XD&CB within cartouche (twice) and D&CBLAUW

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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