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Book Review
Turin and the British in the Age of the Grand Tour. Edited by Paola Bianchi and Karin Wolfe
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 520-521
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
art literature:
Dawkins, James, 1722-1757 / Wood, Robert, 1717-1771
artists:
Juvarra, Filippo / Plura, Giuseppe / Borra, Giovanni Battista / Robinson, Thomas, architect, ca. 1702-1777
dates:
1700-1799
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Accademia Reale, Turin, Italy
patrons:
Boyle, Richard, Third Earl of Burlington, 1694-1753
places:
Italy / Turin / Great Britain
subjects:
Grand tours / Travel / Politics / Diplomacy / Culture / Architectural history / Patronage / Poetry / House of Savoy / Protestantism / Palladianism / Essays
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. View of the house and garden of the Comte de Perron, by Thomas Robinson. 1759. Pen and ink and grey wash, 50.5 by 20 cm. (West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds).
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Rescuing from oblivion: the ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek in the eighteenth century
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 715-722
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Author:
Anderson, Jocelyn (Anderson, Jocelyn)
Subjects
art literature:
Dawkins, James, 1722-1757 / Wood, Robert, 1717-1771
artists:
Borra, Giovanni Battista
dates:
1750-1759
places:
Palmyra / Baalbek / Lebanon / Syria
subjects:
Architectural history / Archaeology / Architectural drawings / Published illustrations
subjects:
Visual sources / Ruins
subjects:
Travel accounts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the ruins of Palmyra, by Gavin Hamilton. 1758 (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
22. Upright of the grand entrance to the court of the temple, Plate IV of J. Dawkins and R. Wood: The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
23. Upright of the portico within the court of the temple, Plate XIV of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
24. Ornaments of the inside of the portico of the grand entrance, Plate VI of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
25. 'Capital and entablature of the order in the foregoing plate', Plate XV of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
Attributed works:
26. 'View of the portico in it's [sic] present ruinous state', Plate IV, The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis, in Coelosyria, by Thomas Major after Giovanni Borra. 1757 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.9)
Attributed works:
27. 'Upright of the portico in it's [sic] perfect state', Plate V, The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis, in Coelosyria, by Thomas Major after Giovanni Borra. 1757 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.9)