architectural drawing
- Museum number
- 2015,5009.187
- Description
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Ground plan of the Roman Amphitheatre, Syracuse; inscribed with scale, measurements and notes.
Graphite, watercolour and pen and ink on oiled paper.
- Production date
- 1822
- Dimensions
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Height: 525 millimetres
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Width: 402 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Drawing from a collection of around 200 works on paper by the architects Samuel Angell and William Harris, relating to their trip and excavations on Sicily in 1822-1823. On their trip they intended to refine the published drawings by William Wilkins (1807). They visited Syracuse and Agrigento before travelling to Selinunte where, after finding archaic metopes, they started excavating and recording the temples and sculptures for future publication. Harris died in Selinunte in July 1823. Angell published their findings in 1826. For a brief overview see C. Marconi (2007) 'Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World: The Metopes of Selinus,' CUP: 133-134.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Antiquities of Athens and other places in Greece Sicily etc : Supplementary to the Antiquities of Athens by James Stuart and Nicolas Revett, delineated and illustrated by C.R. Cockerell, W. Kinnard, T.L. Donaldson, W. Jenkins, W. Railton
- Acquisition date
- 1910
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2015,5009.187