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Unfinished capriccio showing the rich Gothic façade of a religious building composed with diminishing towers decorated with fretwork and crocketing. It is supported by flying buttresses with an asymmetrical tower at one end linked by a high Gothic arcade.
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Reference number
Adam vol.54/Series 4/6
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing the rich Gothic façade of a religious building composed with diminishing towers decorated with fretwork and crocketing. It is supported by flying buttresses with an asymmetrical tower at one end linked by a high Gothic arcade.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 6
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1757
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen on buff paper227 x 198
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This composition is a variation of that in Adam vol.54/Series 4/2; there is a detail of the top part of the central tower on the verso of Adam vol.54/Series 4/11. The perspective in pencil in Adam vol.55/20 shows a similar building in the round.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk