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Capriccio showing the interior of a vaulted hall with coffered apse. On either side of the hall are fluted columns supporting a heavy entablature. In the foreground are architectural fragments.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/92
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a vaulted hall with coffered apse. On either side of the hall are fluted columns supporting a heavy entablature. In the foreground are architectural fragments.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 43; twice on album leaf, above and below drawing, in red ink 92
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, blue, brown and grey washes; ruled pencil line close to and parallel to top of sheet330 x 308, 2 sheets joined vertically, bottom left corner torn
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The number 43 inscribed on this drawing, and also its lack of a sarcophagus, suggest that this drawing has been placed here out of sequence in Adam volume 56. There is a comparable but unfinished capriccio in Adam vol.57/150.A copy of this drawing by C J Richardson (1806-1871) in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (P&D 93.G.8/52).
Level
Drawing
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