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Capriccio showing a curved wall of columns and pilasters, with part of an obelisk on a square decorated base with architectural fragments.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/83
Purpose
Capriccio showing a curved wall of columns and pilasters, with part of an obelisk on a square decorated base with architectural fragments.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 35; in red ink 83
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is grey washdrawing within a circle of 90 dia., sheet size 102 x 101, 4 corners irregularly trimmed
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Verso
Circle drawn in ink.
Notes
The colonnade in the background of this composition is similar to that found in Adam vol.56/74.
Level
Drawing
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