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[15] Finished drawing for variant designs for Pinford Bridge, 1767, unexecuted
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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.
Smith, 1995, pp. 15, 17
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 204
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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