Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia By R. Adam F.R.S F.S.A Architect to the King and to the Queen
published 1764
Robert Adam (author)
Author, British, 1728 - 1792
Artist, British, 1728 - 1792
Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1803
Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1795
Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815
Artist, British, 1730 - 1802
Artist, British, 1711 - 1774
Artist, Italian, British school, active 1760s
Artist, British, 1726 - 1765
Artist, Irish (?), active 1761/1797
Artist, British, active 1754/1764
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 61 engraving and etchings numbered I-LXI (34 full-page, 8 double-page, 6 folding, 2 pages with 3 plates each, and 3 pages with two plates each), frontispiece and 20 plates by Francesco Bartolozzi, 21 by Antonio Zucchi, 6 by Francis Patton,3 by Paolo Santini, 3 by Edward Rooker, 2 Anthony Walker, 2 by Domenico Cunego, 1 by Peter Mazell, 1 by James Basire Sr., 1 unsigned
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
page size: 51.6 x 34.3 cm (20 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
1985.61.144
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. Butini; cancelled library stamp of Société de Lecture; Charles Edouard Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 1.
Inscriptions
by later hand (Charles Frederic Mewes?), title page, lower center in brown ink: Donné par Mr. le Dr. Butini pere.; by later hand, front end paper, upper left in brown ink: Antiquités; by later hand, verso of frontispiece, upper right in black ink: Ha 142.