The pronaos and colonnade entry of the Parthenon, on the Athenian Acropolis
Date
26 August 1675
Creator
Francis Vernon (1632 - 1677, British) , Traveller, Traveller
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p7r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 185mm
width (page): 185mm
Subject
Description
Drawings of windows, the colonnade entry, the pronaos (entrance portico), and the great door of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Vernon would have seen the Parthenon before its partial destruction in 1687 with most of the original sculptures intact, and he describes many of the figures on the pediment and frieze.
These drawings are found in the journal by Francis Vernon of his travels in the Eastern Mediterranean, kept between 1675 and 1676.
These drawings are found in the journal by Francis Vernon of his travels in the Eastern Mediterranean, kept between 1675 and 1676.
Object history
'Mr. Vernon's journal of his travels is extant among the papers of the Royal Society, being found among those of Dr. Hooke, as appears from a letter of Dr. Richard Mead to the Revd. Mr. Edmund Cheshull. This journal, which contains only short and imperfect notes, but a great number of inscriptions, begins at Spalatro, July 8, 1675, and ends at Ispahan, September 14, 1676. The advantage, which Mr. Vernon's travels might have been of to the public, was prevented by his unfortunate death near Ispahan in Persia in a contest with some Arabs about an English pen-knife, which he refusing to give them, they fell upon him and cut him to pieces. His body being conveyed to that city was interred there' (Birch 3:357-58).
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