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Reference number

Adam vol.56/62

Purpose

Capriccio showing a landscape with two clumps of trees and, beneath crags, a building in a walled garden in the middle distance with mountains beyond

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

In ink 5; on both album leaf and drawing in red ink 62

Signed and dated

  • Datable to probably between 1755 to 1757

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and brown washes (185 x 304),the top left and bottom right corners torn

Hand

Robert Adam (1728-1792)

Notes

This sketch by Robert Adam can be compared with more finished drawings in Adam vol.56/157 and 56/166.

Level

Drawing

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