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Possibly unfinished view of a group of classical ruins showing the remains of vaulting on top of overgrown buildings.
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Reference number
Adam vol.54/Series 5/5
Purpose
Possibly unfinished view of a group of classical ruins showing the remains of vaulting on top of overgrown buildings.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso figure drawings
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 5; and in pencil on the album leaf in pencil in a later hand Landskip Sketches
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757
Medium and dimensions
Pencil173 x 257
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Pencil drawings of two figure groups, each of two figures, which are similar to those seen in re-used sheets in voume 9 (see Adam vol.9/67).
Notes
This view is probably one of the Roman sites and can be compared with that in Adam vol.54/Series 5/19 and the more finished drawings in volume 57.
Level
Drawing
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