architectural drawing; album

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Object Type: architectural drawing; album
Museum number: 2012,5004.1.8
Title: Series: Elgin Drawings
Description: Drawing from volume 1 of the Elgin Drawings, an album of 54 drawings of Attica, the Greek Islands, and the Troad; view from the so-called Tomb of Ajax towards Cape Sigeum and Kumkale Fort Pen and ink with traces of graphite underdrawing
Producer name: Drawn by: Michel François Préaulx (?)
Production date: 1803
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 813 millimetres (album cover); Height: 489 millimetres; Width: 670 millimetres (album cover); Width: 680 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For a description of the volume and bibliography see 2012,5004.1.1
Location: Not on display
Subjects: landscape
Associated names: Associated with: Ajax
Associated places: Associated with: Çanakkale (province), Tomb of Ajax; Topographic representation of: Sigeum (historic); Associated with: Kumkale Fort
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
Acquisition date: 1816
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 2012,5004.1.8

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