Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Topographical Map of Halicarnassus at its Harbor, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Topographical Map of Halicarnassus at its Harbor
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 1/8 inches (37.4 x 53.7 cm), Image: 8 1/16 x 12 3/8 inches (20.4 x 31.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "56 | 96 (crossed out) | 75"; in brown ink, upper right: "LXXXIII."; in graphite, lower center: "Perhaps Hadrian(?) [...]"; in brown ink, lower center: "Halicarnassus"
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.941
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- aerial view | ancient Greek | architectural subject | cartographic material | harbor | landscape | topographic map
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Ege kiyilari | Halicarnassus | Mugla Ili | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27018
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