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  • image SM Adam volume 54/7/162

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/162

Purpose

[11] Preliminary design for variant designs for the Crackmore Gate, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a tripartite gateway, with a central semicircular-headed arch within a portico of two fluted Doric columns supporting a Doric frieze and pediment, flanked by balustraded bays containing doors, a wall beyond, and on one side the wall terminated with a casket supported by a pedestal

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lord Digby

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    datable to 1767

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (192 x 134)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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