Persepolis
Date
1 January 1694
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Cornelis de Bruijn (1647 - 1727, Dutch) , Traveller
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol11ii p11b
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 209mm
width (page): 501mm
width (page): 501mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A copy of a drawing of the ruins of Persepolis (or Chilminar in Persian) by Cornelis de Bruijn (1652-1726/7), a Dutch painter and traveller, sent from Nicolaes Witsen to Martin Lister in January 1694. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 18, no. 210 (May 1694).
This was copied from LBO/11ii/011b.
This was copied from LBO/11ii/011b.
Transcription
Since you have been pleas'd to Communicate to me an Inscription found at Persepolis, I thought it would be Acceptable to send you the draughts of part of the Ruines of the stone works of that proud palace, given me by the person himself that drew them upon the place.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
N. Witsen, 'A letter, with two draughts of the famous Persepolis', Phil. Trans. vol. 18, no. 210 (May 1694), pp. 117-18.
Related fellows
Nicolaus Witsen (1641 - 1717, Dutch) , Traveller and Diplomat, Traveller
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Associated place