The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius Comprising Those Books of the Author which Relate to the Public and Private Edifices of the Ancients (vol. 2)
published 1812
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (author)
Artist, British, 1762 - 1824
Artist, British, active 1812
Author, Italian, active late 1st century B.C. - early 1st century A.D.
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 14 engravings (full-page, versos blank) by Wilson Lowry with 1 by S. Porter
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 35.5 x 27.2 cm (14 x 10 11/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 36.6 x 29 x 3.5 cm (14 7/16 x 11 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1983.49.145
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George Hutton Wilkinson, Harperley Park, Durham (bookplate); Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 86.