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  • image Adam vol.56/90

Reference number

Adam vol.56/90

Purpose

Capriccio showing parts of a ruined colonnade with a triumphal arch on the left. In the foreground is an oval or circular urn, decorated with figures in relief.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 44; in red ink 90

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, grey wash; framing linedrawing within circle of 151 dia., sheet size 164 x 162; laid/mounted on a backing sheet, trimmed to same size as sheet

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This composition may be compared with that in the rectangular drawing in Adam vol.56/85 that depicts a similar curved colonnade. The broken urn is a version of the one shown in Adam vol.57/141.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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