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Italy: ? Baia area. View of a wooden balustraded bridge between two towers, supported by a stone arch above garden walls; it is probably in the area around Baia. Beyond is another tower with balustrade. In the foreground are two figures.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/42
Purpose
Italy: ? Baia area. View of a wooden balustraded bridge between two towers, supported by a stone arch above garden walls; it is probably in the area around Baia. Beyond is another tower with balustrade. In the foreground are two figures.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 42
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, grey and brown washes198 x 304 (2 joined sheets)
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This view is probably of a small villa in the area around Baia; its architecture would suggest a sixteenth-century building. The drawing is on two joined sheets, as in Adam vol.57/12 and 57/35.
Level
Drawing
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