drawing
- Museum number
- 2012,5001.12
- Description
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View of Ayasuluk (Selçuk) from the ancient site of Ephesus
Graphite
- Production date
- 1812
- Dimensions
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Height: 193 millimetres
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Width: 317 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- See: C. A. Hutton, 'A Collection of Sketches by C. R. Cockerell, R. A.', JHS 29 (1909), pp. 53-59.
F. Beaufort, 'Karamania, or a Brief Description of the South Coast of Asia Minor and the remains of Antiquity', (London 1817) has many engravings that appear to be based on Cockerell's drawings, even if Beaufort's name is given as draughtsman.
Samuel Pepys Cockerell (ed.), 'Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817. The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A.' (1903, Reprinted 1999), p 157:
'...leaving the vallery of the Meander on the left, kept by the mountain to the right, and came late to Aisaluck, the ancient Ephesus. Here I dismissed my janissary and horses, and relieved of my expensive suite, spent a blissful, tranquil day alone. The castle is a vile Turkish fort. The great mosque, in which are some grand columns of granite, is fine, and like the others - for there are many in the place - thoroughly well executed in the true Oriental taste...The remains of Ephesus are very trifling, and what there are, are in a very poor style. I did not, any more than other travellers, find out the Temple of Diana [discovered by J. T. Wood, who carried on excavations from 1863 to 1874 on behalf of the British Museum], though of course I have my own opinion as to the site. Aisaluck is now an almost deserted town. It has only about fifteen inhabited houses, and the mosques and forts are in ruinous condition, but their number and splendour show that it must once have been an important Turkish city ..'
David Watkin, 'The Life and Work of C. R. Cockerell', (London 1974)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1908
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2012,5001.12