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  • image Adam vol.56/124

Reference number

Adam vol.56/124

Purpose

Capriccio showing a sarcophagus with decorated front panel set between two fluted columns.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 86; in red ink, once on album leaf and once on drawing 124

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, red and grey washes, circular ink framing linedrawing within a circle of 84 dia., on sheet trimmed to a circle of c.86 dia.; some tearing on right-hand side and bottom

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This drawing is a companion to Adam vol.56/125.

Level

Drawing

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

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