Stadium at Laodicea, Antique Engraving after William Pars, 1797
€ 295
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1797
Mapmaker / artist
After William Pars; engraved by Newton
Publisher
Society of Dilettanti, London
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14419-2
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
The bottom edge is uneven in one place. Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, left and right edges. Foxing over much of the margin.
About this sheet
An original antique copper engraving, uncolored, published in 1797. The caption engraved below the image reads "Stadium at Laodicea."
The view looks across the site from a grassy rise. On the slopes to the left and right, long tiers of stone seating step down the hillside, the remains of the stadium. Along the ridge at the upper left a caravan of camels passes beside low ruined walls, and a herdsman drives a flock across the slope at the far left. In the center foreground a small group of men in turbans and tall caps sits on a low wall, one of them holding a long gun. Beyond, the land falls away to a wide plain and a range of mountains on the right. Shafts of light break through heavy clouds at the upper left of the sky.
The lower left is lettered "Pars Delint." and the lower right "Newton Sculpt.": the drawing is by William Pars and the plate is engraved by Newton, not by Byrne. The plate number "PL. XLVIII" is engraved at the upper right.
This plate was issued in Antiquities of Ionia, Part the Second, published by the Society of Dilettanti in London in 1797. William Pars (1742 to 1782) was the English painter of the Society's expedition to Ionia. Laodicea on the Lycus, in southwestern Turkey near Denizli, is one of the Seven Churches of Asia named in the Book of Revelation.
The bottom edge is uneven in one place. Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, left and right edges. Foxing over much of the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
