Ruins of Athens
Isaac Taylor, Jr., English, 1750 - 1829
1778
Wood engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 15 in. (24.1 × 38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.944.113
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper center: Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.; lower left: 1 The Theatre; center: RUINS OF ATHENS; right: Taylor Sculp. / 2 Temple of Theseus
Exhibition History
Architecture and Memory in Europe, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 15, 2022-February 11, 2024.
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1944.
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