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Italy: Rome: unidentified location. View of a stepped octagonal fountain with an antique basin above, and five bollards around the base.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/67
Purpose
Italy: Rome: unidentified location. View of a stepped octagonal fountain with an antique basin above, and five bollards around the base.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 67
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey washes127 x 158
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The form of the fountain shown in this drawing by Robert Adam is similar to the granite basins set up in the Piazza Quirnale, Rome in c.1818.
Level
Drawing
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