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[9] Design for a bridge, 1758-70, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 51/14
Purpose
[9] Design for a bridge, 1758-70, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a bridge, set within a landscape, composed of a large rusticated central segmental arch, flanked by smaller rusticated segmental arches, each with rosettes in the spandrels, and surmounted by balustrading, and the balustrading with a central tablet containing arms and swags, and surmounted by a sculpted reclining figure of Bacchus with a cornucopia, and the bridge is supported by four piers containing urn-filled niches, surmounted by sculpted lions and sphinxes, and with abutments terminating in pedestals supporting obelisks
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design of a Bridge Proposed to be built at Fonthill in Wiltshire the Seat of William Beckford Esquire (underwritten in pencil) / The Center Arch is 30 Feet Daimtr the two Side Arches 16 feet / The Center Arch raises 10ft 6in from the Line of the Water to top of Arch / The Side Arches rises 7ft 6in from the Line of the Water to top of Arch / N.B. The Ground is Raised 6 Inches at each end above the Level of the Water
Signed and dated
- 1758-1770
Date range: 1758-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (1616 x 490)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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