print; book; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book; book-illustration
Museum number: Hh,13.4.13
Title: Object: Amphitheatre at Pola
Description: 'Fig. 1' plan of one of the contraforti, showing the arrangement of the staircase; 'Fig. 2' transverse section of the previous; 'Fig. 3' longitudinal section towards the body of the amphitheatre; 'Fig. 4' section through the outer wall of the amphitheatre, the remaining fragments of the cells and the podium; used as an illustration to Stuart and Revett's "The Antiquities of Athens" volume IV (London, 1816) chapter I, plate VI. 1810 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: James Davis (?); After: James 'Athenian' Stuart; After: Nicholas Revett; Published by: Josiah Taylor
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Production date: 1810
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 388 millimetres; Width: 271 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See Hh,13.4.8; this plate was drawn up from sketches among Stuart's papers.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: James 'Athenian' Stuart; Illustration to: Nicholas Revett; Associated with: Joseph Woods
Associated places: Associated with: Athens
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Hh,13.4.13

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