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France: Nímes, Tour Magne. Study showing the ruined tower.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/60
Purpose
France: Nímes, Tour Magne. Study showing the ruined tower.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in contemporary hand, probably that of Robert Adam, Sketch of Tour Magne at Nimes from the/ Wind Mill. Taken on the/ Spot. 13. Decem. 1754; and in ink on drawing 60;
Signed and dated
- 13 December 1754
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen181 x 117
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Unfinished view in pencil of the Pont du Guard, near Nímes from below.
Watermark
horned crown
Notes
The two drawings (recto and verso) of the antiquities around Nímes in France were made around the same time in December 1754, as was Robert Adam's study of the antique pavement in Adam vol.8/55 (see J. Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, p.116). Adam's letter of 5 December relates that 'We proceeded to Avignon by way of Bagnol, to which place I fancy we must return in order to get upon the post road to Pont du Guard (another Antiquity) & to Nimes where we will remain 2 or 3 days' (National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Clerk of Penicuik Collection, GD18/4751). The untrimmed drawing is a complete page taken from a small notebook and shows the marks of the string gatherings and rounded corners. Similar pages are found in Adam vol.57/81-83.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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