ECL-Bn.13:51-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:51-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Domus Transitoria, section
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn 13. 51 and 52 are catalogued together being the two halves of the same image.
Description
Content (description)
The longitudinal cross-section of the building illustrates the rich decoration of the walls. An explanatory key below gives details of the types of marble used etc.
Above the top of the whole building is inscribed: THE SECTION OF AUGUSTUS'S BATH/ by a scale of English feet
On the lower right corner of Bn. 13. 52 is inscribed E. Kirkall sculp.
Above the top of the whole building is inscribed: THE SECTION OF AUGUSTUS'S BATH/ by a scale of English feet
On the lower right corner of Bn. 13. 52 is inscribed E. Kirkall sculp.
Content (note)
C.F.E inserted a note in the album in 1929 stating that Bn. 7. 100 is a more correct and less imaginative version of the apartment.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 472mm
width (actual size): 528mm
width (actual size): 528mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Kirkall, Elisha, 1682? - 1742 (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730