print;
transparency(?)
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.7676
- Title
- Object: A Ruin near Bastia in Corsica
- Description
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View of a ruin with a square tower to the left, in which are twin arched windows, and an arched passage at the base, with steps adjoining on the right, which lead to a doorway; in the foreground, a man wearing a plumed helmet and holding two ponies, talks to another who sits with his back against the steps; with a broad border. 1798
Aquatint
- Production date
- 1798
- Dimensions
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Height: 352 millimetres
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Width: 283 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Possibly intended for hand-colouring as a transparency. For a pair treated in this manner, see 2010,7081.7671
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.7676