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  • image SM Adam volume 51/19

Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/19

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for variant designs for Pinford Bridge, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite bridge, with three segmental arches ornamented with a Vitruvian scroll parapet, a fret work frieze, rosettes, festoons and spandrel panels containing medallions, supported by four piers ornamented with grotesque panels and surmounted by a lion, a unicorn and two sets of military trophies, with curved abutments terminating in miniature piers surmounted by urns

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Another Design for Lord Digby / Another Design for Lord Digby (in feint pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    datable to 1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1166 x 419)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Smith, 1995, pp. 15, 17
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 204
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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