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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.
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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
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