[68] Finished drawing for a classical bridge, c1763-65, executed with alterations

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  - Syon House, Brentford, Greater London: designs for the interior and the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1761-69 (69)
    - Preliminary design and finished drawing for a classical bridge, and preliminary design for a ruinous bridge, c1763-65, drawing 68 as executed with alterations (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/10

Purpose

[68] Finished drawing for a classical bridge, c1763-65, executed with alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a bridge of three segmental arches, the central arch being the widest, resting on four piers containing circular pedestals supporting caryatids supporting pedestals that carry lamps over the parapet. The bridge is ornamented with enclosed rosettes, festoons, a central relief panel of arabesques, a parapet of ironwork, and the abutments are terminated by sphinxes on pedestals

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sion Bridge (in the hand of William Adam) and some measurements given (in pencil) (verso) Sion / Bridge & Garden / 1 / Sion Bridge

Signed and dated

1763-65
datable to c1763-65

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (975 x 446)

Hand

Adma office hand, possibly George Richardson, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Beard, 1978, p. 44
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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