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Unfinished capriccio showing a section of a ruined circular hall with a coffered and decorated ceiling around an oculus with niches in the walls, and a free-standing sarcophagus on a base in the centre. To one side is vaulting.
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Reference number
Adam vol.4/112
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing a section of a ruined circular hall with a coffered and decorated ceiling around an oculus with niches in the walls, and a free-standing sarcophagus on a base in the centre. To one side is vaulting.
Aspect
Perspective
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen206 x 318
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
In the opinion of A. A. Tait, this drawing relates in time and place or subject to those contained in Adam volume 56. This drawing may be compared with that in Adam vol.4/104, with the various sarcophagus compositions in Adam volume 56, and a similar circular hall in Adam vol.56/92.
Level
Drawing
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