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unknown artist, The Entrance into the Temple of the Sun in Palmira from the East, between 1780 and 1815
- Title:
- The Entrance into the Temple of the Sun in Palmira from the East
- Additional Title(s):
- L'entrie du Temple du Soleil dans Palmira du côté de l'Orient
- Date:
- between 1780 and 1815
- Materials & Techniques:
- Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Plate: 11 × 15 inches (27.9 × 38.1 cm), Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 inches (31.8 × 45.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
1. Great Arch. 2. One side of the long Portico which terminate upon the Arch. 3. A Sepulchre. 4. A Temple. 5. The Cell of a Temple and part of it's peristyle, & c. -- Printed for Rob't Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street, Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.13.48
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arch | architectural subject | clouds | ruins | temple
- Associated Places:
- Asia | Middle East | Palmyra | Syria | Tudmur
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4630
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