Materials & Techniques: gray wash / Author ss: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: ruins

1. View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 5/16 inches (37.8 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Plan and View of the Third Theater at Laodicea

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 7/8 inches (54.1 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Basilica at Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.5 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Plan of the Ruins at Sardis with Vestiges of Ancient Buildings Still Existing in 1750

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/4 inches (38.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
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 15 3/16 inches (54.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View of the Ruins of an Ionic Temple at Sardis, Probably the Temple of Neptune

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches (37.6 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Ruines à Troye

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches (37.6 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View of Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and blue wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 3/16 inches (37.9 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/16 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (53.9 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.3 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Members of a Ionic Temple in Ruins at Priene (now Turunclar)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 × 14 15/16 inches (54.1 × 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. View of Hill Towns or Ruins near Damascus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches (37.1 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Samos

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. View of the Theater and Plan of the Ionic Temple at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and brown ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (54 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 inches (54 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Two Corinthian Pillars Found near the Ionic Temple at Aphrodisias (now Geyve)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 5/16 inches (37.9 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (54 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Gierusalemme

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 21 1/2 inches (36.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. View of Ruins at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/4 inches (38.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. View of Ruins of the Asclepium at Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.9 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis

2. View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge

3. Plan and View of the Third Theater at Laodicea

4. The Basilica at Pergamon

5. Plan of the Ruins at Sardis with Vestiges of Ancient Buildings Still Existing in 1750

6. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

7. View of the Ruins of an Ionic Temple at Sardis, Probably the Temple of Neptune

8. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

9. Ruines à Troye

10. View of Tivoli

11. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

12. Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis

13. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

14. Members of a Ionic Temple in Ruins at Priene (now Turunclar)

15. View of Hill Towns or Ruins near Damascus

16. Samos

17. View of the Theater and Plan of the Ionic Temple at Sardis

18. Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus

19. Two Corinthian Pillars Found near the Ionic Temple at Aphrodisias (now Geyve)

20. Remains of an Ionic Temple of Bacchus at Aphrodisias

21. View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)

22. Gierusalemme

23. View of Ruins at Tivoli

24. View of Ruins of the Asclepium at Pergamon