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  • image Adam vol.56/119

Reference number

Adam vol.56/119

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined temple front of three bays, adjoining a colonnade with niches. In the foreground are fragments.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 79; in red ink 119

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is off-white washdrawing within a circle of 91 dia., sheet size 94 x 95; 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This drawing was probably composed as a pendant to Adam vol.56/118 and for this visual effect is arranged slightly out of sequence on the album leaf, the two drawings on either side of the larger 56/120, this arrangement on the album leaf appearing to have been done after both numbering sequences on the drawings. This arrangement is similar to the previous album leaf's arrangement of 56/115, 116 and 117. 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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