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Pinara, a city of ancient Lycia, viewed from the ruins of the theatre watercolour over pencil on paper 25.5 x 35cmFootnote: Provenance: By descent in the artist's family; With Robert Miller, Hereford, July 2008, Private collection, Kensington, London Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1859, no. 1086, as 'Oriental sketches - Pinara, one of the cities of Lycia, viewed from the ruins of the theatre. The lofty rock of the Acropolis, some hundred feet in height, is studded with countless tombs. It was on being let down by a rope to such a tomb that one of the Persian monarchs lost his life'CONDITIONDiscoloured especially in the sky area. Light staining above the mountain range.

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