Print·PNT-00595·c.1816

Village of Dali on the ancient site of Idalium

Distant village of flat-roofed houses and trees beneath hills, with two figures on a track through fields — Print: William Turner, c.1816. PNT-00595. "Village of Dali on the ancient site of Idalium". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Wheat or grain fields fill the foreground on both sides of a dirt track, where two figures in long robes walk toward the viewer. Beyond, a cluster of low, flat-roofed houses with walls and trees sits at the foot of rising hills, and a large mountain-like slope fills the background under a pale sky.

English

A distant view across fields to the village of Dali, with low flat-roofed houses and walls beside trees, under a range of hills. Two figures walk on the track in the foreground.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed in lower left: Drawn by W. Turner; Inscribed in lower centre: London, Published by I. Murray, 1820; Inscribed in lower right: Etched by I., Clark

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