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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.
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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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