File:'Ancient Edifice, near Rome' RMG PY6165.tiff
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Letitia Byrne; Ramsay Richard Reinagle; Thomas Palser |
| Description |
English: 'Ancient Edifice, near Rome' View of an "Ancient Edifice, near Rome'. The accompanying text for this engraving is missing. The engraving shows a building in the foreground, possibly a Gatehouse along an apparently crumbling city wall. There is group of trees to one side of the image, various figures and an ox-drawn cart travelling between the trees and the building. This bound volume of 'picturesque' scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relatively popular in the early 19th century, bringing together different scenes, all deemed to fulfil the criteria of this new type classification of landscape called 'picturesque' from around the world. This compliation of pictureque scenes includes for each picture some background, generally a history of the site so as to help the reader better aprpeciate the scene. This type of publication was designed to be read together, perhaps as part of an education, perhaps as educational recreation. The date suggests this belonged to either the Herschels when John FW Herschel was still at school, or perhaps more likely, to the Stewart family, the family of Margaret Brodie Stewart whom John FW later married. |
| Date | 2 January 1809 |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 265 x 403 mm; Plate: 230 x 290 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Herschel Collection 2. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/146112 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAH6165 |
| Collection | Herschel family |
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