- Creator:
- William Pars, 1742–1782, British
- Title:
- Sacred Cave of Archidamus
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 5/8 x 18 7/16 inches (29.5 x 46.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in black ink, upper center: "SACRED CAVE"; in graphite, lower left: [Greek writing]
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19437
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape | cave | cavern | steps | figures | stalactites | rocks (landforms)
- Associated Places:
- Levant | Asia
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Publications:
- Ian Jenkins, The romance of ruins: the search for ancient ionia, 1764, London, 2021, p.42, fig.17, DS156 I6 R66 2021 (YCBA) Oversize
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37117