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Baalbec, ruins of the temple of the sun, Mount Lebanon in the distance

Maker

(artist)
1796-1864

(engraver)
1782-1874

Title

Baalbec, ruins of the temple of the sun, Mount Lebanon in the distance

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 46.6 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4952

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left & recto : : PAINTED BY DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & recto : : ENGRAVED BY JOHN PYE, HON.Y MEMB.R OF THE IMP.L ACAD.Y OF ARTS, ST. PETERSBURGH. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : BAALBEC. / (RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, - MOUNT LEBANON IN THE DISTANCE.) //

Inscription: inscription : typed : middle right & verso : later Witt inscription : D. ROBERTS / Baalbec //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre & verso : later Witt inscription : Imperial Gallery.

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower left & verso : later Witt inscription : 2088/2 //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : 945/31/6a //

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