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Reference number

Adam vol.55/115

Purpose

Capriccio showing an interior with wall tomb or altar consisting of a statue between small columns supported by two lion consoles on a rusticated basement of a pilastered wall, with a partial view of the exterior. Below this on the sheet is an arcaded elevation with a three-bay centrepiece with frieze of figures and shallow dome or segmental pediment above.

Aspect

Perspective, elevationverso plan (part)

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 115verso inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Entrato d'uno Ampiteatro

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen258 x 215

Hand

Robert Adam

Verso

Capriccio in pen showing a plan of part of a quadrant and vaulted entrance pavilion that is five bays deep.

Notes

The plan on the verso is the source for the elevation on the recto; both are probably connected with the verso inscription, which is not in Robert Adam's hand, referring to the entrance to an amphitheatre. This scheme may be related to a similar plan of an amphitheatre in Adam vol.9/63. The wall tomb may be compared with that on the verso of Adam vol.55/89 and also Adam vol.9/66.

Level

Drawing

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