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  • image Adam vol.57/106

Reference number

Adam vol.57/106

Purpose

Capriccio of buildings in a wooded landscape with octagon with cupola behind and a three-bay arcade in front. In the background landscape is a fragment of a circular temple.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 106

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, with grey, brown, and blue washes114 x 157

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The temple shown in the background may be based upon the Temple of Sibyl or Vesta at Tivoli (see Adam vol.57/91). However, the other buildings shown do not relate to those that adjoin the Temple. This drawing overlaps that in Adam vol.57/108, which suggests some rearrangement of the drawings in the album has been made at some point.

Level

Drawing

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

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