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Capriccio showing probably part of an elevation with a shallow stepped dome, below which are coupled columns with sculpture on top with a coffered apse containing an aedicular niche. This is flanked by two pedimented windows and a screened niche with an urn above. All is set on a basement.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/149
Purpose
Capriccio showing probably part of an elevation with a shallow stepped dome, below which are coupled columns with sculpture on top with a coffered apse containing an aedicular niche. This is flanked by two pedimented windows and a screened niche with an urn above. All is set on a basement.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 149
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown wash
106 x 132 (trimmed at both left and right hand edges)
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
There is a similar compositional exercise in Adam vol.55/153, which also uses pen and wash and is of a similar scale.
Level
Drawing
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