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[29] Preliminary design for gates and lodges, 1785, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/94
Purpose
[29] Preliminary design for gates and lodges, 1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite castle-style gateway within a landscape. There is a central carriage arch, with a pyramidal roof, and with small corner turrets, flanked by one-storey, one-bay lodges, with pyramidal roofs, each with a central pedestrian gate, and flanked by corner turrets
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
A design of a Castle Gateway for the Earl of Lonsdale
Signed and dated
- 1785
Octr 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including sepia and olive green on laid paper (203 x 143)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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