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Drawings Sculptural relief fragment, from Persepolis

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.115

Artist/Designer/Maker

Smirke, Richard - Artist

Production date

1800
1808

Material

paper
Wash
Brush

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 298mm
Width: 294mm
Height (of Mount): 348mm
Width (of Mount): 294mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Antient [sic] Head in basso-relievo, found in the ruins Persepolis.
Archæologia XIV. p. 283.

Inscription content

Richd. Smirke delt.

References

Reference (free text)

Richard Strachey, 'Extract of a Letter from Richard Stachey, Esq. in the Suite of Captain Malcolm, Ambassador from India, to the King of Persia; Dated Ispahan Oct. 9, 1800,' Archaeologia 14 (1808): 282-3. Illustration (Engraving), pl. LVII, opp. p. 283.