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  • image Adam vol.56/100

Reference number

Adam vol.56/100

Purpose

Capriccio showing part of the interior of a circular building with pilasters whose capitals are linked by swags. In the foreground is a large urn.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 59; in red ink 100

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, blue, brown and grey washes; ink framing line, beyond which is off-white washdrawing within a circle of 91 dia., sheet size 102 x 103, 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

Other examples of Robert Adam using an urn in a capriccio can be seen in Adam vol.57/139 and 57/141. The swags or garlands linking the pilasters are also found in Adam vol.56/135.

Level

Drawing

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