Cave of Pan, near Sunium, Greece

1805

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In 1801 the Irish archeologist Edward Dodwell hired the Italian painter Simone Pomardi to accompany him to Greece. Their purpose was, "to explore [the country's] antiquities, to compare its past with its present state, and to leave nothing unnoticed, which, to the classical reader, can be an object of interest, or a source of delight." This drawing of a cave at Sunium records geological features and ancient sculptures, the latter including a male figure holding a hammer near the back wall, and a headless statue below the entrance. Turbaned Turks, representatives of the rulers of Greece at this period, acts as guards. Dodwell and Pomardi worked individually and together to create important visual records of major sites, and this image was etched to illustrate Dodswell's "A Classical and topographical tour through Greece during the years 1801, 1805 and 1806," published in London in 1819.

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Title: Cave of Pan, near Sunium, Greece
Artist: Simone Pomardi (Italian, Monte Porzio 1757–1830 Rome)
Artist: with Edward Dodwell (Irish, Dublin 1767–1832 Rome)
Date: 1805
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black wash over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 × 21 in. (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.607
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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