Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of a Long Aqueduct, ca. 1750
- Title:
- View of a Long Aqueduct
- Additional Title(s):
- Aquedotto Longo
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/8 x 22 inches (38.4 x 55.9 cm), Image: 8 1/16 x 12 5/16 inches (20.4 x 31.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "26"; in brown ink, upper left: "XXIX. (crossed out and replaced in graphite with '22'); within image: labels A-C; lower center: "AQVEDOTTO LONGO"
watermark: Strasburg with "LVG" in monogram (Churchill 406)
signed in brown ink, lower left: "Borra Archus. Del."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1005
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- aqueduct | architectural subject | hills | landscape | mountains | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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