Study of Figures and Busts on the Pediments of Temples
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 9/16 × 16 1/4 inches (52.2 × 41.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower center: "West Front. The Statues are sketches in the Pediment, in the [...] under which | they were found, the[s]e are [...] heads besides those shown here, [...] [...] number of fragments, legs, arms, shields [...]"; inscribee in graphite, verso, upper right: "III/98"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection