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  • image Adam vol.56/7

Reference number

Adam vol.56/7

Purpose

Capriccio showing an irregular group of farm buildings of various sizes; in the foreground are a seated shepherd wearing a hat, and his sheep, beside a group of trees in full leaf.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in red ink 7

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably early 1750s.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, grey wash; pencil framing line225 x 342

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

shield with bend

Notes

Like the drawing in Adam vol.56/6, this drawing by Robert Adam is probably based on a seventeenth-century Dutch print.

Level

Drawing

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