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[115] Design for a bridge, 1768
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/8
Purpose
[115] Design for a bridge, 1768
Aspect
Plan of a bridge composed of three arches, resting on four piers, and with curving abutments. One half of the plan shows the bridge at road level, and the other half of the plan shows the starlings, and foundations of the abutment
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Coach & Foot Ways of Mr Childs Bridge (of Mr Childs Bridge in the hand of William Adam) / Plan of the Foundations and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (1248 x 482)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or J P Laurent, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
5 / 6 / Number 4 (in red pen) / Robt Child Esqr Osterly Park
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Rowan, 1988, p. 82
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1988, p. 82
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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