Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Foster, ca. 1787–1846, British
Title:
Columns in the Island of Aegina, Temple of Venus
Date:
1813
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (42.2 × 27.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Initalled and dated, in graphite, lower left: 1813 JF; In graphite, same hand, lower edge: "Columns in the Island of Egina Temple of Venus"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4320
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)

The Archaeology of Architecture - Charles Robert Cockerell in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817 (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-03-23 - 1993-05-23)
Publications:
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, p/ 36, V 2576 (YCBA)

Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 16, V1880
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9614