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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.
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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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