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Capriccio showing a harbour with two ships below a large, irregular building with a rusticated gate set in fortified walls, with battlements, bastions, large buttresses and campanile. In the background is a Gothic structure with towers.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/16
Purpose
Capriccio showing a harbour with two ships below a large, irregular building with a rusticated gate set in fortified walls, with battlements, bastions, large buttresses and campanile. In the background is a Gothic structure with towers.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 16
Signed and dated
- Undated, possibly 1757
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen178 x 242
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
In terms of both draughtsmanship and composition, this drawing may be compared with those found in the Gothic and landscape sections of Adam volume 54, notably Adam vol.54/Series 4 and 5. A similar, but more distant, perspective can be found in Adam vol.55/2; there is also a smaller version of the gateway in Adam vol.55/8 verso.
Level
Drawing
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