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  • image Adam vol.56/108

Reference number

Adam vol.56/108

Purpose

Capriccio showing monumental ruin with a niche containing a statue on a plinth set amongst architectural fragments.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 68; in red ink on album leaf and on drawing 108

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, blue, brown and grey washes248 x 229; 3 of four corners torn where removed from previous location

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This composition has similarities to that in Adam vol.56/77, although the latter lacks the statue.

Level

Drawing

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