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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Plans and Views of Two Pyramids, One Cephron's at Giza, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Plans and Views of Two Pyramids, One Cephron's at Giza
- Additional Title(s):
- Pyramid of Chefren
- 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 1/4 x 14 13/16 inches (54 x 37.6 cm), Image: 12 3/8 x 8 1/16 inches (31.4 x 20.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "116 | S"; in brown ink, upper left: "CVI."; within image: labels A-R; in black ink, within image: scale; in graphite, lower center: "Pyramids to the south on the plain of Mummus(?)."; in black ink, on back, upper center: 62"
watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with "WR" [Wendelin Riehel of Basle] in monogram (Churchill 408)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.974
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | cross section | elevation (drawing) | pyramids (tombs) | scale (rule)
- Associated Places:
- Egypt | Frontier | Giza Necropolis | Matruh | Pyramid of Khafre
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27052
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