print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.3818
- Title
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Object: The Roman Forum, from the Tower of the Capitol
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Series: A Picturesque Tour of Italy
- Description
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View of the forum, seen from high ground, with figures in Via Sacra in the right foreground, with three Corinthian columns of Temple of Castor and Pollux, Colosseum in the left middle distance, the Campagna and Alban Hills in the background; after JMW Turner (Wilton 704) after Hakewill; illustration to Hakewill's 'A Picturesque Tour of Italy' (London: 1818-1820, plate 20); later engraver's proof, with production detail. 1818
Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé
- Production date
- 1818
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Width: 330 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1849,0512.757 for comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A Picturesque Tour of Italy
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Acquisition notes
- Annotated in pencil with title, and: "From my Dear Friend George Cooke, 16 April 1820, G. Rawlinson."
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.3818