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Capriccio showing a ruined three-bay building with niches and relief panels. In the foreground is part of a sarcophagus and an architectural fragment.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/127
Purpose
Capriccio showing a ruined three-bay building with niches and relief panels. In the foreground is part of a sarcophagus and an architectural fragment.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 90; in red ink 127
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 90 dia., sheet size 95 x 92; 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing had evidently been placed here in the volume so as to complement the circular composition in Adam vol.56/129. The antique ruins shown are comparable with those in Adam vol.56/99.
Level
Drawing
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