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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara, ca. 1750
- Title:
Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara
- Additional Title(s):
Plan of the Position of Pyramids at Sakkarah
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 38 cm), Image: 12 1/4 x 7 13/16 inches (31.1 x 19.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "109"; in brown ink, upper left: "CV."; within image: labels A-G; lower center: "POSIZIONE DELLE PIRAMIDI DI SACHARA"
watermark: "IV" [J. Villedary] in monogram (Churchill 408)
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:
- B1977.14.972
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- aerial view | architectural subject | map | mariners' compass | pyramids | site plan | ziggurats
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Al-Jizah | As-Said | Egypt | Saqqarah
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27050
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