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  • image Adam vol.56/117

Reference number

Adam vol.56/117

Purpose

Capriccio showing a section of the interior of a domed building with an outer ring of columns. In the foreground are two large sarcophagus fragments.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 77; in red ink 117

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is off-white washdrawing within a circle of 91 dia., sheet size 96 x 95, 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The drawings numbered Adam vol.56/115, 117, 118 and 119 are all probably companion pieces, having the same format.

Level

Drawing

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