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Aqueducts - Interior of the Western Tower of the Porta Capena, with the Specus of the Aqua Appia passing through it.

Photograph
1864-1868 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph of a drawing depicting the interior of the western tower of the Porta Capena, with the specus of the Aqua Appia running through it, Rome


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TitleAqueducts - Interior of the Western Tower of the Porta Capena, with the Specus of the Aqua Appia passing through it.
Materials and techniques
mounted albumen print
Brief description
Photograph of a drawing depicting the interior of the western tower of the Porta Capena, with the specus of the Aqua Appia running through it, Rome
Physical description
Photograph of a drawing depicting the interior of the western tower of the Porta Capena, with the specus of the Aqua Appia running through it, Rome
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 33.2cm
  • Mount width: 26.8cm
Object history
This object is part of a series of over 3,300 photographs documenting the principal monuments, artworks and artefacts of Rome from the classical age to the 1600s. The photographs were taken between 1864 and 1879 under the direction of John Henry Parker, the founder of the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome, and many were published in his Archaeology of Rome (1874-1879). Parker employed local photographers including Adriano De Bonis, Filippo Spina, Carlo Baldassare Simelli, Francesco Sidoli, Filippo Lais and Giovanni Battista Colamedici, as well as a Canadian, Charles Smeaton. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds a large collection of the photographs taken before 1870.
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Associations
Bibliographic reference
On label pasted to mount
Other number
710 - John Henry Parker catalogue number
Collection
Accession number
61424

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Record createdMarch 11, 2015
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