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Capriccio showing the elevation, possibly of a memorial, composed of antique fragments with two urns on either side of an inscription with a relief above and two more fragments, the top with three figures in profile.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/114
Purpose
Capriccio showing the elevation, possibly of a memorial, composed of antique fragments with two urns on either side of an inscription with a relief above and two more fragments, the top with three figures in profile.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 114
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen130 x 121
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
There are several designs by Robert Adam for wall tombs, such as Adam vol.55/115 or 89 verso, but none are so obviously compiled from antique fragments. The classical sarcophagus appears in numerous Adam tombs after his Townshend memorial of c.1761 in Westminster Abbey.
Level
Drawing
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