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Description: | This scene shows a hilly landscape on the left leading down to a shoreline which snakes around water from foreground left to distant right. Dominating the shore is a large exposed cavern with a smooth interior. There are ruined walls outside and several recesses can be seen. A man stands inside and two other men stand by, one pointing at the ruin. In the foreground left, a man sits under a tree smoking a pipe. There are three figures in a rowing boat at the shore, central foreground. There are four further sailboats on the water, the largest at right. There are many trees along the shore, several buildings in the distance and more high on the hill at near left.
Printed across bottom ' Fabris pinxt./Archd. Robertson fecit./A View of the Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus/Vue des Ruines du Temple de Bacchus/ Publish'd by P.Sandby & A. Robertson as the Act directs June 1st. 1777.'
Impression 'NCAM' in circle brc.
Accession number: NCM 1899-34 | Subjects: | transport religious architecture (non-Christian) ruins landscapes maritime | Temporal: | [1777] | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by ROBERTSON/Archibald after FABRIS/Pietro | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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