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  • image Adam vol. 57/28

Reference number

Adam vol. 57/28

Purpose

Italy: Baia: the Imperial Villa. View of a single-vaulted tower in a landscape setting, possibly a ruined temple or mausoleum at Baia. Two small domestic buildings adjoin the tower; in the foreground are other architectural fragments

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in pencil in a contemporary hand Baia; in ink 28

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, grey and brown washes147 x 247

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This view depicts one of the ruined buildings in the complex group around the bay at Baia.

Level

Drawing

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

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