- Museum number
- 1880,0911.1480-1575
- Description
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Collection of 96 drawings put together in album form in the BM, with topographical views of Italy; including Basilica at Anagni, Abbey of Monte Cassino, Villa Pietra, Arch of Dolabella (Rome), Waterfall of Isola (near Sora), Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura (Rome), Church of Santa Sabina (Rome), Monastery of Grotta Ferrata, Palestrina, St Paul of the Three Fountains, Certosa of San Bartolommeo (near Isola), Casa Maria (Trappists' Monastery near Isola), Sora, Castle of Isola, La Cava (near Salerno), Aqueduct of Grotta Ferrata, Monasteries of S Bernardotte and S Benedetto (at and near Subiaco), Palazzo Colonna and Monastery of S Scolastica (Subiaco), Grotto of Posilippo (Naples), Ponte S Rocco and Villa D'Este (Tivoli), Castel Madama and Monastery of S Cosimate (near Tivoli), Citadel (Tivoli), Grotto at S Cosimate, Villa Bracciani (Frascati), Porta Maggiore and Borghese Gardens, the Capitol, Acquapendente, villa near Monte Mario (Rome), Belvedere Museum (Rome), Arco di Giano (Rome), Monastery of St Clement (near the Colosseum), Monastery of the Ara Coeli, San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Porta S Spirito (Rome), Temple of Bacchus (near Rome), the Colosseum, Pontifical Palace (on the Quirinal), Church of SS Giovanni e Paolo (Rome), Pyramid of Cestius and Porta S Paolo (Rome), the Sistine Chapel, the Tiber, Farnese Gardens, Villa Negroni, Castle of San Angelo, Monastery of S Saba (Rome), Fountain of Egeria and Tomb of Cecilia Metella (at and near Rome), Castle and Gate of Bolsena, Monastery at Marino, bridge over the Teverone at Vicovaro, Castle of Genezzano, Villa of Cicero, Ponte S Trinita (Florence), views near Genoa, Certosa (Rome), Church of Luz (near Barege in the Pyrenees)
Most drawings in pen and brown ink with brown wash; also watercolour
- Production date
- 1779-1843
- Dimensions
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Height: 571 millimetres
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Width: 444 millimetres (covers)
- Curator's comments
- See the Register for a list of individual drawings.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Map Library.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1880,0911.1480-1575
