Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Details of a Doric Order from Toreh, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Details of a Doric Order from Toreh
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 7/8 inches (54.2 x 37.8 cm), Image: 12 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (31.4 x 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "59 | LI"; in brown ink, upper left: "LIX."; within image: labels A-E and measurements; in black ink, within image: scale; in graphite, lower center: "Members of a Doric Fabrick Capital architrave Frieze Cornice & Plafond at Toreh"
watermark: "V"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.991
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | capitals | columns | cornice | Doric order | entablatures | frieze (ornamental band)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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