[31] Alternative design for a bridge, c1761-68, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire: designs for the house, offices and park buildings, for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1761-71 (32)
    - Designs for buildings within the park
      - Alternative designs for a bridge, c1761-68, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/32

Purpose

[31] Alternative design for a bridge, c1761-68, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a balustraded bridge with three equal segmental arches, resting on four piers articulated by engaged Spalatro order columns, supporting small pediments over a large urn on a socle, and the abutments terminate in small pediments supporting lanterns

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

For the Earl of Shelburne at Bowood (in the hand of William Adam) and some measurements given (verso) 2 / 2 / 18 (in pencil) / Number 18 (in red pen) / Earl of Shelburne Bowood

Signed and dated

1761-1768
date range: 1761-68

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (1202 x 494)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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