- Creator:
- Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
- Title:
- Ruins of Messenia Near Sparta
- Date:
- 1802-1804
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.5 × 28.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Ruins of [Mysene] | near Sparta"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "II/51"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.490
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26663