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  • image SM Adam volume 51/48

Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/48

Purpose

[12] Finished drawing for a gate, c1763, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of an ironwork gate, set between two rectangular, rusticated, pyramid-topped piers, flanked by hedges

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Gate for Sir Laurence Dundas Baronet for Moor Park on / the Road to Rickmansworth and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • c1763
    datable to c1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (423 x 273)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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