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Inside of the ruin at Troas

Etching and Aquatint
1779-80 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching and aquatint depicting a view of a historical site in Turkey. Lettered with title and 'W Pars Pinxt P Sandby Fecit'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleInside of the ruin at Troas (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching and aquatint
Brief description
Etching and aquatint by Paul Sandby, after a drawing by William Pars, depicting a view of a historical site in Turkey. Great Britain, ca. 1779-1780.
Physical description
Etching and aquatint depicting a view of a historical site in Turkey. Lettered with title and 'W Pars Pinxt P Sandby Fecit'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.2cm
  • Width: 54cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Production
Sandby applied to the Society of Dilettanti for permission to aquatint Pars's views in 1776 and 1777, and the set of eleven (possibly twelve) were probably completed in 1780. They were also engraved for Richard Chandler's, 'Ionian Antiquities' or 'Ruins of Magnificent & Famous Buildings in Ionia', published by the Society of Dilettanti over a number of years (Vol.I, 1769; Vol.II, 1797; three further volumes in 1821, 1840 and 1881).
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.448

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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