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Capriccio showing the interior of a building with pitched roof and skylight. Below steps lead past a pedimented opening that has a lintel inscribed with the words 'DIVO AVGVTO'.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/147
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a building with pitched roof and skylight. Below steps lead past a pedimented opening that has a lintel inscribed with the words 'DIVO AVGVTO'.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 1; in red ink in two places on album leaf, below and above drawing147.
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown washes524 x 310, 4 corners trimmed diagonally, horizontal fold line
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Watermark
fleur de lys in a single circle
Notes
The inscription in this drawing, DIVO AVGVTO (?) is the longer version of that found in Adam vol.56/141. This large drawing and its companion in Adam vol.56/148 are untypical of the drawings by Robert Adam in this volume. Both drawings have horizontal fold lines towards the top; the numerals '1' here and '2' on 56/148 suggest that they were part of a larger set. They both appear to have been composed in pencil and wash, with penwork added over this.
Level
Drawing
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