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Reference number

Adam vol.56/148

Purpose

Capriccio showing the interior of a circular building with the remains of a dome above two recessed ovals containing figures above two projecting columns with round-headed niches in between. In the foreground is masonry.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 2; in red ink in 2 places on album leaf, above and below drawing 148.

Signed and dated

  • Undated

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, brown wash515 x 317, 4 corners trimmed diagonally, horizontal fold line

Hand

Robert Adam (attributed to)

Notes

This drawing is the companion to Adam vol.56/147 to which it is similar in style and technique; it may be unfinished. Both drawings are untypical of the drawings by Robert Adam in this volume. They both have horizontal fold lines towards the top; the numerals '1' on 56/147 and '2' here suggest that they were part of a larger set. They both appear to have been composed in pencil and wash, with penwork added over this. There is a variation of the circular interior with roundels shown here in Adam vol.57/122.

Level

Drawing

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