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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1879,0614.228
Title
Object:
The Amphitheatre
Description
View of an ampitheatre, with figures surrounding, including two men in the foreground with rifles conversing with a local woman at left, another soldier leaning against a rock at right with rifle propped against his hip, looking at the mighty structure beyond, hills in the background; after Major James Pattison Cockburn, plate 53 from 'Pompeii, illustrated with picturesque views...'. 1818 Etching, with some engraving
Producer name
After:
Maj-Gen James Pattison Cockburn
Print made by:
William Bernard Cooke
Print made by:
Bartolommeo Pinelli
(etched outline)
Published by:
John Murray
Published by:
William Bernard Cooke
School/style
British
Production date
1818
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
308 millimetres
Width:
430 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See curator's comment for 1879,0614.224
Location
Not on display
Subjects
roman amphitheatre/arena
Associated names
Associated with:
Thomas Leverton Donaldson
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Pompeii
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
E W Janson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Mrs Frederick Smith
Acquisition date
1879
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1879,0614.228