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Reference number

Adam vol.56/77

Purpose

Capriccio showing a small ruined temple with a pediment above a coffered niche with three-bay flanking wall above architectural fragments.

Aspect

Perspective
  • image Adam vol.56/77

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 25; in red ink 77

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, watercolour; ink framing line102 x 111; laid/mounted on backing sheet trimmed to same size as drawing

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.

Level

Drawing

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