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  • image Adam vol.56/112

Reference number

Adam vol.56/112

Purpose

Capriccio showing a semi-circular niche within a ruin. It is set in a landscape, with rubble in the foreground.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 72; in red ink 112

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, brown washes; ink framing line, beyond which is off-white washdrawing within a circle of 151 dia., sheet size 157 x 157

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The deep arch of the semi-circular niche shown in this drawing is also found in the grander composition in Adam vol.56/138.

Level

Drawing

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