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W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Temple in Riez, Ancient columns, around 1830, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Temple in Riez (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ) Ancient columns Ruins of Roman architecture, c. 1830, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Lower right inscribed by the artist's hand: "Granite Col. at Riez [...]". Date: c. 1830 Description: The view shows the ruins of the Roman temple from the 1st century in Riez in southern France, with the four columns and their Corinthian capitals, on which the remains of the architrave rest. At the back, a path leads to the settlement at the foot of the hill in the distance. The sheet was created on a journey that took the English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer, art collector, numismatist and literary translator William Barnard Clarke to France between 1838 and 1839 and later to Italy in 1839. Keywords: France, England, Great Britain, drawing, architecture, Rome, ruin, temple, column, capital, architrave, pencil, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, France, Size: Paper: 19,2 cm x 28,0 cm (7,6 x 11 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins somewhat browned, overall slightly browned, somewhat stained, small pinholes in the corners. Upper left corner missing. Irregularly trimmed.

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W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Temple in Riez, Ancient columns, around 1830, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Temple in Riez (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ) Ancient columns Ruins of Roman architecture, c. 1830, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Lower right inscribed by the artist's hand: "Granite Col. at Riez [...]". Date: c. 1830 Description: The view shows the ruins of the Roman temple from the 1st century in Riez in southern France, with the four columns and their Corinthian capitals, on which the remains of the architrave rest. At the back, a path leads to the settlement at the foot of the hill in the distance. The sheet was created on a journey that took the English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer, art collector, numismatist and literary translator William Barnard Clarke to France between 1838 and 1839 and later to Italy in 1839. Keywords: France, England, Great Britain, drawing, architecture, Rome, ruin, temple, column, capital, architrave, pencil, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, France, Size: Paper: 19,2 cm x 28,0 cm (7,6 x 11 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins somewhat browned, overall slightly browned, somewhat stained, small pinholes in the corners. Upper left corner missing. Irregularly trimmed.

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