View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Black and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 37.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "8 | V"; in brown ink, upper left: "XIII."; in graphite, center left: "[...] | VI."; in brown ink, center right: "Fig. 2. | Fig. 1"; in graphite, lower left: "Bridge over Betolos(?)"; in brown ink, on back, lower center: "VIII"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.958
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | columns | bridge (built work) | mountains | hills | trees | Persian | Lydian | ruins | Roman | valley | landscape
Associated Places:
Turkey | Ege kiyilari | Manisa Ili | Sardis | Asia
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Twenty-Five Years of Discovery at Sardis (Harvard Art Museums, 1983-11-03 - 1983-12-18)