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Capriccio showing landscape with a fortified village or castle in the middle distance, with wooded hills behind. In the foreground are two groups of rocks above water.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/166
Purpose
Capriccio showing landscape with a fortified village or castle in the middle distance, with wooded hills behind. In the foreground are two groups of rocks above water.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in red ink in 3 places: once on drawing and twice on album leaf at top and bottom 166.
Signed and dated
- Undated, eighteenth century.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown and grey washes; double ink framing lines157 x 232
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This landscape capriccio can be compared with the larger study in Adam vol.56/157.
Level
Drawing
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