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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, first Baronet, 1792–1871, British, The Coliseum, Rome, 1824
- Title:
The Coliseum, Rome
- Date:
- 1824
- Medium:
- Graphite camera lucida drawing on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 10 × 15 1/4 inches (25.4 × 38.7 cm), Sheet: 8 × 12 1/4 inches (20.3 × 31.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: 'No. 369"; lower center: "The Coliseum, Rome"; lower right: "(with extreme care & precision)"
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "JFW Herschel delin. Cam. Luc. May 17. 1824."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2014.9.2
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | coliseum
- Associated Places:
- Colosseum | Italy | Rome
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:68751
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