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Capriccio showing a five-bay elevation of a single-storey building with elaborate trophy sculpture on the attic above a decorated frieze. Below is an apsidal and coffered niche on steps with sculpture, flanked by fluted coupled pilasters with niches between.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/148
Purpose
Capriccio showing a five-bay elevation of a single-storey building with elaborate trophy sculpture on the attic above a decorated frieze. Below is an apsidal and coffered niche on steps with sculpture, flanked by fluted coupled pilasters with niches between.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 148
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen90 x 104
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This elevation may be related to the smaller compositions in Adam vol.55/133 and 152, both in the style of draughtsmanship and in the single-storey compositions with an attic of particular richness.
Level
Drawing
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