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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of Hill Towns or Ruins near Damascus, 1751
- Title:
- View of Hill Towns or Ruins near Damascus
- 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), Image: 9 1/4 x 14 7/16 inches (23.5 x 36.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "135"; lower left: "[...] Sathua(?) near Damascus"; lower center: "Salkaya(?) near Damascus"
watermark: "IHS" in monogram, with a cross extending from the "H" and beneath it, "I VILLEDARY" (Churchill 411)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.982
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | cityscape | cliffs | hills | landscape | ruins | towns | trees | villages
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Damascus | Dimashq City | Syria
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27060
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