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Capriccio showing an elevation composed of a recessed five-bay portico with sculpture attic panels, with alternative three-bay pavilions on either side. One has niches and relief panels and the other has the same in aedicular form, both with pitched roofs.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/158
Purpose
Capriccio showing an elevation composed of a recessed five-bay portico with sculpture attic panels, with alternative three-bay pavilions on either side. One has niches and relief panels and the other has the same in aedicular form, both with pitched roofs.
Aspect
Elevation
verso elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 158
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Chalk, pen, brown and grey washes
105 x 221
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capriccio in pen and black chalk showing part of the interior [?] of a three-bay building with coupled columns supporting a coved ceiling with small windows (trimmed). Also on the sheet is part of an arch.
Notes
This drawing, like that in Adam vol.55/157, uses a technique where the wash is deliberately applied before the ink has dried and blurring occurs as a result. It can also be found in volume 9 (see Adam vol.9/34 and 40).
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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