[1] Finished drawing for a bridge, c1774-77, unexecuted

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  - Hendon Hall, Ashley Lane, Hendon, Barnet, (formerly) Middlesex: unexecuted design for a bridge for David Garrick, c1774-77 (1)
    - Finished drawing for a bridge, c1774-77, unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/26

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for a bridge, c1774-77, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a rusticated bridge, composed of two segmental arches supported by pyramid-topped sparrows, with enclosed rosettes in the spandrels, and with a central lamp, and a wooden balustrade across the abutments

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Bridge for Mr Garrick at Hendon (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) Number 14 (in red pen) / Mr Garrick / Hampton & Hendon

Signed and dated

1774-77
date range: 1774-77

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (546 x 383)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Rowan, 1988, p. 60
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 219
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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