Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British, Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon, 1802-1804

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Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Title:: Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.
Part Of:: Collective Title: A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 7/16 inches (36.5 × 26.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in pen and black ink, center right: "Plan and Section of a Subterraneous | Building discovered at Mycenae and | supposed to be the Tomeb of Agamemnon"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "III/3"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.530
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26702
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