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[38] Design for a bridge, c.1788, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/198
Purpose
[38] Design for a bridge, c.1788, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-arch ridge over a cascade, set within a landscape. The central arch, through which the river runs, is the highest and widest, but all three are semicircular-headed, and with a fluted keystone, and the two side arches have ornamental panels. The bridge rests on four piers. The two central piers are pyramidal, and the two outer piers are surmounted by lamps. The bridge has unornamented abutments terminating in small round pedestals, and there is an inscription with the name of the bridge across the central arch, surmounted by a sphinx on a pedestal
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
KIRKDALE BRIDGE
Signed and dated
- c.1788
datable to c.1788
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (418 x 247)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1987, p. 78
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 219
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1987, p. 78
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 219
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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