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  • image Adam vol.26/160

Reference number

Adam vol.26/160

Purpose

Record drawing of part of a relief showing two sea-horses rising from the water beside two naked figures, one of whom is blowing a conch shell, the other gesticulating.

Aspect

Elevation

Signed and dated

  • Undated

Medium and dimensions

Pencil 303 x 422

Hand

Unidentified eighteenth-century artist

Watermark

Countermark

Notes

This probably shows part of a sarcophagus relief; the style of the drawing is naturalistic. The rather scratchy hand may be compared with that in Adam vol.26/156 and 171.

Level

Drawing

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