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Capriccio showing a broken and overgrown sarcophagus with a tripartite front panel on a console base, beside the foot of a fluted pilaster.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/143
Purpose
Capriccio showing a broken and overgrown sarcophagus with a tripartite front panel on a console base, beside the foot of a fluted pilaster.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 107; in red ink 143.
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 100 x 98, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing is another exercise in the series on the theme of sarcophagi; it can be compared with Adam vol.56/66, 56/68 and 56/81.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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