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[118] Finished drawing for a bridge, 1768
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/5
Purpose
[118] Finished drawing for a bridge, 1768
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a bridge, composed of a single segmental arch, ornamented with a band of fluting, blank spandrels, a Doric frieze of triglyphs, enclosed rosettes, and ox skulls, surmounted by a balustrade, with a central tablet of festoons, supporting a sculpted reclining figure, and the bridge is supported by two piers containing urn-filled niches, and surmounted by an urn and a sphinx, and with abutments terminating with pedestals supporting obelisks. The plan shows the bridge at road level, and running through the level of the niches in the piers
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr Childs (in pen in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (957 x 631)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Verso
3 / 3 / 3
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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