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Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Title:

Ancient Greek Inscriptions, Found on the Road Between Mystras and Leontari

Part Of:

Collective Title: A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804

Date:
1803
Medium:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 7/16 inches (18.4 × 11.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "1:1 1/2 | Found on the road between Misistra and | Leondari, ab. 5 or 6 miles from the | former town-- | June-1803.-"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "II/55"

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Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.494
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26667
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