Unexecuted design for an idealised bridge called 'A Bridge of Magnificence' intended to span the Thames at Somerset House, London: elevation and section through basement of domed terminal blocks Architect/Designer Sandby, Thomas (1721-1798) Artist/Photographer Sandby, Thomas (1721-1798) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1755 Image Date 1755 View Exterior Style Neoclassical Medium Drawing Library Reference FRA/SAND/1 (Drum, Store D, V&A) Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit RIBA Collections Subject Colonnades ; Domes ; Public buildings ; Bridges
NOTES: Inspired by a triumphal bridge designed by Piranesi and by Palladio's reconstruction of the Roman Ponte Elio, Thomas Sandby's drawings for this 'Bridge of Magnificence' were probably used to illustrate his Royal Academy lectures in the 1770s and 1780s. The design shown here was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1781 (no. 440, A bridge of magnificence, designed for the sixth lecture on architecture).
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