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, British, 1728 - 1792

Robert Adam

Artist, British, 1728 - 1792

Domenico Cunego

Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1803

Antonio Zucchi

Artist, Italian, 1726 - 1795

Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

James Basire I

Artist, British, 1730 - 1802

Edward Rooker

Artist, British, 1711 - 1774

Paolo Santini

Artist, Italian, British school, active 1760s

Anthony Walker

Artist, British, 1726 - 1765

Peter Mazell

Artist, Irish (?), active 1761/1797

Francis Patton

Artist, British, active 1754/1764

Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 51.6 x 34.3 cm (20 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.61.144

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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.


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