[67] Preliminary design for a classical bridge, c1763-65, unexecuted

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  - Syon House, Brentford, Greater London: designs for the interior and the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1761-69 (69)
    - Preliminary design and finished drawing for a classical bridge, and preliminary design for a ruinous bridge, c1763-65, drawing 68 as executed with alterations (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/48

Purpose

[67] Preliminary design for a classical bridge, c1763-65, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation for half of a bridge of three segmental arches. The central arch is widest, and the bridge is ornamented with caryatid piers supporting lamps, festoons, an ironwork parapet with a central relief panel of arabesques, and the abutment terminates in a pedestal surmounted by a sphinx

Scale

rough bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

1763-65
datable to c1763-65

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (519 x 232)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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