Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Plan of the Bay of Tyre, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Plan of the Bay of Tyre
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches (37.5 x 54 cm), Image: 8 x 12 1/2 inches (20.3 x 31.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "131 | 76"; in brown ink, upper left: "CXXI."; center right: "Tyre"; within image: labels A-E; in graphite, lower center: "[...] Bay of Tyre?"
watermark: Strasburg lily (Churchill 412)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.965
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bay (body of water) | cartographic material | coastline | harbor | Phoenician | site plan
- Associated Places:
- Al-Janub | Asia | Lebanon | Mediterranean Sea | Sur
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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