Nicholas Revett, reproduction of a portrait in oils, from his "Antiquities of Athens"
Nicholas Revett (1720 - 1804) was a Suffolk gentleman and amateur architect and artist.
He is best known for his famous work with James Stuart (1713-1788) documenting the ruins of ancient Athens. Its illustrations compose 5 folio volumes and include 368 etched and engraved plates, plans and maps drawn at scale. They were the first of their kind in studies of ancient Greece.
Works
with James StuartThe Antiquities of Athens (1761).