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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Topographical View of the Pyramids at Giza, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Topographical View of the Pyramids at Giza
- 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 15/16 inches (53.9 x 37.9 cm), Image: 12 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches (31.6 x 20.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "109 (crossed out) | 110"; in brown ink, upper left: "CIII."; within image: labels A-R; in black ink, within image: scale; in brown ink, on back, lower center: "34"
watermark: "V"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.975
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- aerial view | architectural subject | cartographic material | mariners' compass | pyramids (tombs) | scale (rule) | site plan | topographic map
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Egypt | Frontier | Giza Necropolis | Matruh
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27053
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