Title: The Caves of Acradina near Syracuse in Sicily
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1797
Artist:  Jacob Wilhelm Mechau 
Artist bio: German, Leipzig 1745–1808 Dresden
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brownish gray ink, brush and brownish gray wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and dark brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 16 5/16 x 13 1/4 in. (41.5 x 33.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Caves, term: Trees