Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Plan and View of a Cave, Temple, or Tomb, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Plan and View of a Cave, Temple, or Tomb
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 inches (54 x 38.1 cm), Image: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (36.2 x 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "73"; in brown ink, upper left: "CVIII."; within image: labels A-E
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.971
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | architectural subject | cave | elevation (drawing) | floor plan | pediments | scale (rule) | temple | tomb
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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