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  • image Adam vol.56/135

Reference number

Adam vol.56/135

Purpose

Capriccio showing ruined vaults beside the side façade of a triumphal arch with a projecting column and two roundels linked to pilasters by garlands. In the foreground is a tilted sarcophagus.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 98; in red ink 135.

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 91 dia., sheet size 94 x 93, laid/mounted on a backing sheet trimmed to the same size as the drawing

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The pilasters linked by garlands and roundels in this composition can be compared with those found in Adam vol.56/100.

Level

Drawing

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

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