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  • image Adam vol.56/71

Reference number

Adam vol.56/71

Purpose

Capriccio showing a landscape with an open sarcophagus with lid to one side in front of a temple with Ionic pilasters, relief panels and a vaulted roof.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 18; in red ink 71

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, watercolour; ink framing line100 x 107

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This drawing belongs with Adam vol.56/66 and 56/68 as part of a series having the sarcophagus and death as the theme. The arch and column heads here are a variation on those found in Adam vol.56/118.

Level

Drawing

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