Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 inches (54 x 38.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "55 | XXXXVII"; in brown ink, upper left: "LIII."; within image: labels A-F and measurements; in graphite, lower center: "Miletus?"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.922
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
site plan | ruins | theater | amphitheater | capitals | columns | arches | architectural subject | ancient Greek
Associated Places:
Asia | Turkey | Aydin Ili | Miletus | Ege kiyilari
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
Publications:
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, pp. 41-42, V 2576 (YCBA)Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 16, V1880