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Capriccio showing a round archway flanked by a projecting column against a two-bay pilastered wall, with part of a sarcophagus in the foreground.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/86
Purpose
Capriccio showing a round archway flanked by a projecting column against a two-bay pilastered wall, with part of a sarcophagus in the foreground.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 39; in red ink 86
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is grey washdrawing within a circle of 90 dia., sheet size 102 x 97, laid/mounted onto backing sheet trimmed to same size as sheet, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Notes
The composition of columns and sarcophagi may be compared with that in Adam vol.56/71 and 56/81.
Level
Drawing
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