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  • image Adam vol.56/140

Reference number

Adam vol.56/140

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined interior with vaulted roof and rooflight, with niches containing cineraria and sarcophagi, and a further domed and coffered hall through a pilastered opening. In the foreground are fragments of a sarcophagus.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 104; in red ink on both drawing and album leaf 140

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown and grey washes; ink framing line201 x 264, trimmed to framing line

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

Given the similarities of rooflight and three-bay screen, this composition may be a ruined and simpler version of the building depicted in Adam vol.56/136.

Level

Drawing

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

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