The Parthenon, Athens

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0125
• Dates of Creation:1861
• Name of Creator:
  Spiers, Richard Phené
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Study of the Parthenon.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Richard Phené Spiers was an English architect and author (b. 1838, d. 1916). He first studied at King's College London and later at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and occupied a long mastership at the Royal Academy. He travelled widely (France, Spain, Egypt, Syria and the East), where he recorded architectural data and made many water-colour sketches.

• Note

  Richard Phené Spiers was an English architect and author (b. 1838, d. 1916). He first studied at King's College London and later at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and occupied a long mastership at the Royal Academy. He travelled widely (France, Spain, Egypt, Syria and the East), where he recorded architectural data and made many water-colour sketches.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Watercolour on paper
  Dimensions: 357 x 537 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Fine arts

  Paintings (visual works)

• Geographical Names

  Greece