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  • image Adam vol.55/72

Reference number

Adam vol.55/72

Purpose

Capriccio showing a view through a ruined round-headed arch to an arcaded hall with windows and coffering above. The arch is supported by columns between which is an aedicular niche.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 72

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen205 x 174

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This composition is part of a group of mostly ink drawings, Adam vol.55/71-77, executed in a deliberately casual style that may have served as the inspiration for more elaborate watercolours by both Robert Adam and Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820) that can be seen in volume 56, see Adam vol.56/123, and in this volume in Adam vol.55/67.

Level

Drawing

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