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Robert Adam

16 works

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Brown and grey wash drawing of a castle on a hill above a river, with a stone bridge, rocky cliffs, and trees.

A Romantic Landscape with a Ruined Castle

1778-87

Neoclassical ceiling design with oval green ground, central medallion of classical figures, and garland borders.

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

1779-82

Ink and wash design drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted Ionic columns and a frieze with foliage and animal relief.

Design for a fireplace

mid-18th-late 18th century

Brown ink and wash elevation of a classical greenhouse with columns, glazed panels, pediment and niche statues.

Design of a Greenhouse for the Right Honorable Earl of Coventry, Croome Court, Worcestershire (Elevation)

1760

Colored design drawing of a console table with fluted legs, urn finial, and a fan-shaped ornamental panel above.

Design for a Console Table

second half 18th century

Neoclassical arched panel design with rosettes, Greek key borders, and a central medallion of a draped classical figure.

Design for a Panel

1748-92

Ink and wash drawing of a classical chimneypiece elevation with fluted frieze, dentil cornice and pilasters.

Design for a Chimneypiece

second half 18th century

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Doric porch with columns, pediment, fanlight and paneled door, flanked by two windows.

Design for a Doric Porch, Plan and Elevation

second half 18th century

Pen and ink design for a neoclassical ceiling or wall panel with an oval medallion, garlands, and urn motifs.

Design for a Ceiling

1745-1800

Grey wash elevation of a neoclassical chimney piece with draped female supports and a frieze of a chariot procession.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)

ca. 1769

Grey and pink wash design of a neoclassical fireplace with draped female figures, laurel pilasters and winged putti roundels.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Pompeian Style

ca. 1775

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical ruins with Corinthian columns, a sarcophagus, a pyramid and an obelisk in a landscape.

Classical Landscape with Ruins (recto); Two men in Roman military dress (verso)

1755-57

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with temples, a stone bridge over a river, and figures in a boat.

Classical Landscape with Temples (recto); Indecipherable sketch, possibly of a seated figure (verso)

1755-57

Watercolor of a river landscape with a ruined castle on a hill, a rocky cliff, and figures in a boat.

River Landscape with a Castle

1780s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded river landscape with a stone bridge, a tower, and large framing trees.

Ancient buildings next to water in the woods (recto); A variation of the same landscape in reverse (verso)

1740-55

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical classical candelabra with urn top, scrolling foliage arms, and a tripod base.

Candelabra

1740

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