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  • image Adam vol.57/67

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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