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Capriccio showing a series of ruined arches converted at one end to a square battlemented tower with flag, set in a landscape. In the foreground are small figures and the remains of a tree.
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Reference number
Adam vol.54/Series 5/17
Purpose
Capriccio showing a series of ruined arches converted at one end to a square battlemented tower with flag, set in a landscape. In the foreground are small figures and the remains of a tree.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 17
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1757
Medium and dimensions
Pen137 x 189
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
royal arms [part]
Notes
This capriccio is based on a reinvention of ruins such as those shown in the topographical drawing in Adam vol.54/Series 5/5. The battlemented tower may be compared with the composition in Adam vol.54/Series 4/4, and numerous later Adam schemes of the sort.
Level
Drawing
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