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On the back, studies for ornamental niches over the piers with rusticated columns.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Sir John Vanbrugh","id":"A9828"},"association":{"text":"architect","id":"AAT24987"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pencil, pen and ink","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"SB7","shelf":"3","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"designs","id":"AAT102051"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"early 18th century","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1750-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"E.2124:17-1992","id":"O205761"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"E.2124:190-1992","id":"O205771"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"50","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Two sheets joined horizontally with wax.\r\n\r\nTaken from Lorimer, C. and Newton, C. (ed.), <i>The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum</i>, London: V & A, 1996, p. 36, cat. 79.","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"<i>falls 10 ft in 100, from A</i>","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Inscribed in ink and numbered in ink and pencil with dimensions."}],"objectHistory":"From the dimensions given it would appear that the bridge was designed to have a total span of about 700 feet.  It must therefore have been intended for the Thames or some other major river.  E.2124.17 shows that the width of the bridge was to be 40 feet.\r\n\r\nPart of the <i>Vanbrugh Album</i>, which was purchased in 1992 with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund, The Monument Trust, The Sainsbury Trust, and an anonymous donor.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Part elevation of a large bridge for unidentified project; the Vanbrugh Album; Sir John Vanbrugh; early 18th century.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lorimer, C. and Newton, C. 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