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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.
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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
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