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  • image Adam vol.55/92

Reference number

Adam vol.55/92

Purpose

Unfinished capriccio showing a three-bay temple front on steps, with a three-bay two-storey wing to one side. Beyond this is a single-storey apse of three bays.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 92

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen113 x 187

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The draughtsmanship here is similar to that in Adam vol.55/90 and 94. The unfinished composition was possibly intended to be symmetrical, as in the composition in Adam vol.55/87.

Level

Drawing

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