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  • image Adam vol.56/122

Reference number

Adam vol.56/122

Purpose

Capriccio showing a large urn on a square base surrounded by architectural fragments, beside a triumphal arch, seen from the side. The arch is enriched with two relief roundels and has a statue on a free-standing column.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 84; in red ink 122

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is grey washdrawing within oval of 210 x 172, sheet size 207 x 177, 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Robert Adam

Verso

Pencil outline of columns.

Notes

The arch shown in side elevation here is a free interpretation of The Arch of Constantine, as is evidenced by the roundels, statue and attic storey. There is a copy of this drawing by C J Richardson (1806-1871) in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (P&D 93.G.8/20).

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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