Robert Adam

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Robert Adam
1728-1792
A Lodge with a Rustic Portico
1787
Pen and brown ink, and watercolor over in black chalk, on paper.
5 15/16 x 8 inches (150 x 204 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Christian H. Aall.
1986.19
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Watermark: none visible through lining.

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Inscribed on old mount in pen and brown ink, "R Adam 1787".

Provenance: 
Possibly R.H. Randall Davies (cf. Lugt S. 2903a); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, (according to numbering code and inscription on modern mount by L.G. Duke); private collection, Scotland; William Drummond, London.
Associated names: 

Davies, Randall, 1866-1946 former owner.
Aall, Christian H., Mrs., donor.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 314.

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