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  • image Adam vol.55/48

Reference number

Adam vol.55/48

Purpose

Unfinished capriccio showing three sides of the interior of a large hall with semi-engaged columns supporting vaulting, with a view to a curved arcade on steps, part of a doorway with pediment on consoles in an arch to one side.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing in two places (recto and verso) 48

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk279 x 402, with vertical fold line

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

crowned horn and letters

Notes

There are two other interiors of a similar type of building to that depicted here in Adam vol.55/81 and 118, the former showing an equally bold and informal style of drawing to that found here, which is closer in spirit perhaps to Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) than to Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820).

Level

Drawing

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