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  • image Adam vol.55/112

Reference number

Adam vol.55/112

Purpose

Unfinished capriccio showing an elevation with a Venetian doorway in the centre, with niches containing sculpture on either side, continuing with other columns and niches with rectangular relief panels above.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 112

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk88 x 182

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

(part)

Notes

The elevation has been trimmed at the top and reappears in greater detail in the chalk drawing in Adam vol.55/145. Both drawings can probably be related to the Roman Pantheon compositions in Adam vol.55/80 and 147. The large plan on the verso of 55/147 may be the source for such elevations.

Level

Drawing

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