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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/80

Purpose

[32] Preliminary design for a bridge, 1776, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a bridge within a landscape, with a rusticated carriage arch flanked by enclosed rosettes, with tapering pyramid-topped abutments ornamented with enclosed rosettes

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1776
    datable to 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (330 x 194)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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