A gorge with a boat and figures in the foreground

Details

Robert Adam, R.A. (1728-1792)
A gorge with a boat and figures in the foreground
pen and black ink and grey wash, on oatmeal paper
10½ x 12½ in. (26.7 x 31.7 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs E.A. Isaacs; Christie's, London, 15 June 1971, lot 9.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Eileen Harris for suggesting that this drawing may date from the 1780s. A similar drawing from the British Museum collection is reproduced in A.A. Tait, The Picturesque Drawings of Robert Adam, Master Drawings, pl. 45, volume untraced.

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