Engraving of James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the ruins of Palmyra
Architect/Designer | Dawkins, James (1722-1757) |
| Wood, Robert (1717-1771) |
Artist/Photographer | Hall, John (1739-1797) | Hamilton, Gavin (1723-1798) |
Country | Syria |
City | Palmyra |
Subject Date | 1751 |
Image Date | 1773 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | VOS/143 title page |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | People ; Archaeological sites ; Ruins |
NOTES: This 1773 engraving by John Hall is based on a painting by Gavin Hamilton commemorating the visit by James Dawkins and Robert Wood to Palmyra in 1751 resulting in the work by Robert Wood, The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the desart (London, 1753).
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