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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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