Architectural Drawings of the Remains of the Temple of Sunias Minerva, in Attica
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 19 1/8 inches (38.3 × 48.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Temple on the Unsium Promentory"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "II/74"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, right side of interior of folded sheet, upper left: "Fragment of a Molding round | the interior of the | Portico [even] withthe | job of the architecture"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, right side of interior of folded sheet, center: "Capital of the Columns."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, right side of interior of folded sheet, center right: "The Frieze of the Entabler | Part of the Cornice"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, right side of interior of folded sheet, lower left: "Fragment of a Molding | Remains of the Temple of Sunia Minerva | Attica-July 1803-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection