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  • image Adam vol.56/9

Reference number

Adam vol.56/9

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined and overgrown triumphal arch, with coupled columns, consoles, and a cornice with Greek key decoration. To one side is a balustraded terrace with urns, several small trees and a round-headed doorway.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in red ink 9

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably between 1745 and 1750.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen; grey wash on buff paper287 x 332

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The composition here by Robert Adam may be derived from a print, although it is more pictorial in style than either of his drawings in Adam vol.56/6 or 56/7.

Level

Drawing

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