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  • image Adam vol.54/Series 4/10

Reference number

Adam vol.54/Series 4/10

Purpose

Capriccio showing a Gothic tower composed of four stories with a central tower with arcaded and battlemented top, lancet windows and quatrefoils. It has a round-headed entrance. Two crotcheded spires have been crossed out and an attempt haseen made to erase them.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 10

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1757

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk175 x 94

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

GR and crown

Notes

This tower is a version of that shown in Adam vol.54/Series 4/7 but differs largely in the replacement of a spire with a tower.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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