[33] Finished drawing for a gateway, c1779-83, not known to have been executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Alnwick Castle, Northumberland: designs for interior decoration and buildings in the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1769-83 (36)
    - Finished drawing for a gateway, c1779-83, not known to have been executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/22

Purpose

[33] Finished drawing for a gateway, c1779-83, not known to have been executed

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a gateway in a semi-ruinous condition; with a central two-storey crenellated carriage arch, flanked by single-bay circular towers containing slit and cross windows; and this is flanked by single-storey, three-bay link walls containing arched entrances; and beyond these are one-and-a-half-storey, single-bay, crenellated circular towers with slit and cross windows, one of which contains a spiral staircase; and beyond this there is another three-bay link and tower as before, but with an attic over the central arch of the link, containing a three-bay blind arcade

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Gateway for Alnwick Castle the Seat of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

1779-83
datable to c1779-83

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (509 x 260)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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