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  • image Adam vol.56/78

Reference number

Adam vol.56/78

Purpose

Capriccio showing part of a ruined circular temple with Corinthian capitals beside a pyramid with architectural fragments at its base.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 29; in red ink 78

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, watercolour; ink framing line102 x 105

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The drawings in Adam vol.56/76, 77, 78, 82 and 85 all appear to belong to a series of small rectangular drawings of ruined buildings. This composition may be compared with that in Adam vol.56/82, which may show the interior section of the pyramid and colonnade shown here from a different viewpoint.

Level

Drawing

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