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[9] Alternative finished drawing giving a plan and elevation for a gateway and lodges, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/40
Purpose
[9] Alternative finished drawing giving a plan and elevation for a gateway and lodges, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a gateway, composed of a carriage arch barred by ironwork gates, flanked by engaged fluted Doric columns, supporting a Doric frieze and a central tablet of figurative relief work, and the attic includes a pedestal supporting a sculpted winged griffon, and the gateway is flanked by three-bay links, composed of a Doric colonnade, barred by ironwork gates, and beyond are single-storey, single-bay domed and pedimented lodges, and the elevation is set within a landscape
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Gateway and Lodge for Knowsley Park (verso) Earl of Derby Gateways & Porters Lodges / 4 / 4 / 10 (in pencil) / This to be placed Tenth (in red pen)
Signed and dated
- 15/02/1777
Adelphi Febry 15t. 1777.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (627 x 471)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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