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  • image Adam vol.56/113

Reference number

Adam vol.56/113

Purpose

Capriccio showing two bays of a ruined double colonnade with vegetation on the cornice, incorporating a wall with round doorway and parts of vaulting. In the foreground are architectural fragments.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 73; in red ink 113

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey washes; ink framing line, beyond which is off-white washdrawing within a circle of 151 dia., sheet size 160 x 158

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This drawing was probably intended as a pendant to Adam vol.56/112.

Level

Drawing

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