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Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Alexander Jackson Davis1835
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
In this drawing, A. J. Davis copied an 18th-century engraving complete with measurements of the Parthenon, which he never saw. Davis added the raised base and shrubbery. The drawing may relate to the creative process of Davis’s architectural firm as it translated the Parthenon’s design into an elevated, domed Customs House for New York City.
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- Title: Parthenon, Athens, Greece
- Creator: Alexander Jackson Davis, after James Stuart, after Nicholas Revett
- Date Created: 1835
- Physical Dimensions: h: 6 3/16 x w: 6 1/2 in. (sheet), h: 13 1/4 x w: 12 7/8 x d: 1 7/8 in. (frame)
- Rights: Public domain
- External Link: View this work at cmoa.org.
- Medium: ink, watercolor and graphite on paper
- Credit Line: Carnegie Museum of Art, Purchase: gift of the Drue Heinz Trust
- Accession Number: 93.157.1
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