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[5] Design for the Bridge, 12 December 1800
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Reference number
SM vol. 59/140
Purpose
[5] Design for the Bridge, 12 December 1800
Aspect
A Perspective View of the Bridge / at Albury Park
Inscribed
as above, Samuel Thornton Esqr
Signed and dated
- 12 December 1800
Lincolns Inn Fields Decr 12 1800
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow, green and blue-grey washes within single ruled border on wove paper, affixed to volume 59, p. 140 (currently unavailable)
Hand
Thomas Sword
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.
Notes
The River Tillingbourne (also known as the Tilling Bourne) is north of the house. Soane's design for a single-span bridge with curved parapets and minimal detailing closely resembles his bridge at Tyringham, Buckinghamshire, built for William Praed in 1793 (q.v.) - although the bridge at Albury is much smaller.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk