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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Topographical Map of the Course of the Meander River (Ancient Maender River, Now Menderes River), ca. 1750
- Title:
- Topographical Map of the Course of the Meander River (Ancient Maender River, Now Menderes River)
- 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 1/16 inches (54.1 x 38.3 cm), Image: 12 7/16 x 8 inches (31.6 x 20.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "54 | XXXX."; in brown ink, upper left: "XLVI."; in black ink, within image: labels A-X; in graphite, lower center: "Course of the Meander from Pilas(?) to the Sea"
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:
- B1977.14.997
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | cartographic material | hills | lakes | mariners' compass | mountains | river | scale (rule) | topographic map
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Buyukmenderes Nehri | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27075
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