Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon: the quadrangle or great court. Engraving by T. Major after G.B. Borra.

[London], [1757]

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 32 x 71.7 cm

G. Borra arch. delin. ; T. Major sculp Bears number: Tab. XII

Wellcome Collection 2853774i

Robert Wood, accompanied by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Borra, visited the relatively unknown sites of Palmyra and Baalbek in 1751. He published the drawings of the buildings in 1753 (The ruins of Palmyra) and 1757 (The ruins of Balbec)

After: a drawing by Borra in the British Architectural Library (no. VOS/142 f 12). The drawing lacks the figures in the foreground