Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Pianura dell'Hermo in Faccia a Sardes, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Pianura dell'Hermo in Faccia a Sardes
- Additional Title(s):
- Map of the Hermus Plain at Sardis
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 5/16 inches (37.5 x 54.1 cm), Image: 7 15/16 x 12 3/8 inches (20.2 x 31.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "5"; in brown ink, upper left: "XIV. (crossed out and replaced in graphite with '12')"; within image: labels A-M; lower center: "PIANVRA DELL HERMO IN FACCIA A SARDES"
Watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
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:
- B1977.14.927
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cartographic material | hills | lakes | landscape | Lydian | Persian | river | Roman | site plan
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Manisa Ili | Sardis | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27008
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Twenty-Five Years of Discovery at Sardis (Harvard Art Museums, 1983-11-03 - 1983-12-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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