print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1871,0610.810
- Title
- Object: Site of Elis
- Description
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Landscape at sunset, with Eastern figure on horseback talking to two women, one reclining, on a hill in the foreground, cottages amongst trees behind a wooden fence at left, flat landscape beyond leading to mountains on the horizon; after a drawing by Peter De Wint, from a sketch by Thomas Allason; illustration to John S. Stanhope's 'Olympia'; scratched-letter state.
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1824
- Dimensions
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Height: 254 millimetres
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Width: 437 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See also 1873,0510.177 and 1913,0524.298
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Olympia, or topography illustrative of the actual state of the Plain of Olympia, and of the Ruins of the City of Elis
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,0610.810