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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Is'Tmo di Cizico unito al Continente, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Is'Tmo di Cizico unito al Continente
- Additional Title(s):
Is'Tmo di Cizico unito al Continente
View of the Isthmus of Cyzicus (now Belkis) from the Continent- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches (37.8 x 55.3 cm), Image: 9 3/16 x 14 7/16 inches (23.4 x 36.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "31"; in brown ink, upper left: "XXXV."; in black ink, within image: labels A-G; in brown ink, lower center: "ISTMO DI CIZICO VNITO AL CONTINENTE"
watermark: Strasburg with "LVG" in monogram (Churchill 406)
signed in brown ink, lower left: "Borra Archus. Del."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1003
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | buildings | coastline | harbors | hills | isthmus | landscape | mountains | trees
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Balikesir | Belkis | Marmara | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27082
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