[33] Working drawing of a variant design for the bridge, 6 July 1793

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  - Tyringham House, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire: entrance screen, bridge, house, offices, greenhouses and stables for William Mackworth Praed, 1792-1801, record drawings 1808 (169)
    - Working drawing and record copies of a variant design for the bridge, July 1793 and February 1808 (2)

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Reference number

SM 79/1/11

Purpose

[33] Working drawing of a variant design for the bridge, 6 July 1793

Aspect

Plan & Elevation of the Bridge; detail of the rusticated arch; (verso) detail of cornice; detail of Greek key motif

Scale

bar scale of 2/13 inch to 1 foot, approximately

Inscribed

as above, W^m Praed Esq^rTyringham, This will I hope remove all difficulties / but remember nothing in this letter / is understood to alter what I settled / July 6 1793, 1 inch, a, Level of the water, Ordinary Floods, Level of the highest flood ever known, The niche will be / 3 feet 4 diam^r, To diminish gradually from 3 feet to 2 feet 3", 20 feet, some dimensions, (pencil) Parliament Street N^o 6

Signed and dated

6 July 1793
sheet trimmed and as above, July 6 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and grey washes, on wove paper with two fold marks (680 x 520)

Hand

Soane office and Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane office and Soane

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Drawing

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