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[6] Design for a bridge, 1758-70, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/12
Purpose
[6] Design for a bridge, 1758-70, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a bridge set within a landscape, composed of a single, rusticated, segmental arch, with rosettes in the spandrels, a frieze of anthemia and strigils, surmounted by a balustrade, and supported by two piers containing sculpture-filled niches, and surmounted by sculpted reclining figures of Bacchus holding cornucopia, and with abutments ornamented with Vitruvian scroll, and terminating in circular pedestals supporting tapering, fluted columns
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Bridge for William Beckford Esqr (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1758-1770
Date range: 1758-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (1676 x 596)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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