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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian, View of Artaki (now Erduk), ca. 1750
- Title:
View of Artaki (now Erduk)
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 15/16 inches (38.2 x 55.8 cm), Image: 9 1/4 x 14 5/16 inches (23.5 x 36.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "29 | XXXIII (crossed out and replaced with '25'); in black ink, within image: labels A-F; in brown ink, lower center: "ARTECVI"
watermark: Strasburg with "LVG" in monogram (Churchill 406)
signed in dark 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:
- B1977.14.1002
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | cityscape | coastline | harbor | landscape | mountains | sailboats | ships
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Balikesir | Erdek | Marmara | Turkey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:27081
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