View of Sigacik and the Peninsula of Teos, Antique Engraving, 1769
€ 335
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1769
Mapmaker / artist
After Borra; engraved by James Mason
Publisher
Society of Dilettanti, London
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14419-7
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 1769. The plate carries no engraved title; it is the view of Segigeck, the modern Sigacik, and the peninsula of Teos.
The view looks across a wide, sheltered bay from a rocky shore. Two three-masted ships are in the center of the bay, the one at the left under sail and the other with furled sails beside a rocky point. On the far shore a town stretches along the water below a hill crowned with a fortress, with a line of mountains rising behind. Rocky headlands covered with scrub enclose the bay on the left and right, and a low reef of rocks lies in the middle of the water. The foreground is a band of choppy sea, and a wide sky of streaked clouds fills the upper half of the sheet.
The lower left is lettered "Borra Arch. del.", for the architect Borra as draftsman, and the lower right names the engraver James Mason. Engraved vertically at the right edge is "Chap: I. Pl: 1."
This is Chapter I, Plate I of Ionian Antiquities, published with the permission of the Society of Dilettanti by R. Chandler, N. Revett and W. Pars, London, 1769. Teos was an Ionian Greek city on the Aegean coast of Turkey and the birthplace of the poet Anacreon.
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.
