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