[115] Design for a bridge, 1768

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Osterley Park, Hounslow, Greater London: designs for the house, interior and park for Francis Child and Robert Child, 1761-80 (126)
    - Additions to the park
      - Alternative designs and a finished drawing for a bridge, 1768, drawing 119 as executed (5)

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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.

Level

Drawing

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