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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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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