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  • image SM D3/1/1(b)

Reference number

SM D3/1/1(b)

Purpose

Temple of Vesta (or Temple of the Sibyl), Tivoli, near Rome, (1761-3 and 1794-5) Preliminary measured drawings

Aspect

[1] Plan with extant and missing columns and wall shown

Scale

1/4 in to 1 ft approximately

Inscribed

Temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl or Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, whatever is mark'd AAA etc is built of travertine / Stone / C is the Cell of the Temple built of the / inerta style, of Tufo / D Corridore etc was cover'd with Astricio, with key dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1761-3 1794-5
    Measur'd October 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia washes, pencil on wove paper (225 x 190) with [SM D3/1/1a] and [SM D3/1/1c] stuck down on later wove paper (525 x 735)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Plan with extant and missing columns and wall shown

Level

Drawing

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