Lot 139
  • 139

Robert Macpherson, 1811-1872

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Description

  • Robert Macpherson
  • Rome and its environs. Eight landscape studies, early 1860s
  • each approx. 400 by 300mm or the reverse (max. dim.)
Albumen Prints, each mounted on card, each with the photographer's blindstamp on the mount below image, each blindstamp annotated in pencil with the inventory number, two studies titled in pencil on the mount,

Catalogue Note

The inventory numbers and titles are as follows: '10. A view of the eight Columns at the foot of the Capitol in extreme profile, including a portion of the Basilica of Constantine, Phoca's Column, and the Arch of Titus'. '12. Temple of Venus and Rome with distant view of the Roman Forum; taken from the Coliseum'. '28. Bas- relief in the interior of the Arch of Titus, representing the procession of the seven-branched Candlestick'. '30. The Coliseum with Meta Sudans and portion of the Via Sacre'. '33. Portion of the interior wall of the Coliseum'. '49. Arch of Titus, from the temple of Venus and Rome. 66 Arch of Septimus Severus, in the Roman Forum'. '163. The Theatre of Marcellus, from the Piazza Montanara'.