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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Castello di Smirna, ca. 1750
- Title:
Castello di Smirna
- Additional Title(s):
View of the Castle at Smyrna
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 9/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37 x 53.9 cm), Image: 9 1/4 x 14 5/16 inches (23.5 x 36.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "1"; lower center: "CASTELLO DI SMIRNA"
watermark: "IHS" in monogram, with a cross stemming from the "H" and "IVILLIDERARY" below (Churchill 411)
Signed in brown ink, lower left: "Borra Archus. Del."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.930
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient Greek | architectural subject | castle | cityscape | fort | hills | landscape | mountains | sailboats | sea | ship
- Associated Places:
- Aegean Sea | Ege kiyilari | Izmir Ili | Smyrna | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27011
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