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
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
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.