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Sculpture--Biga with the two Horses, c. A.D. 100

Photograph
1864-1868 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Parker, John Henry (publisher)
Place of origin
Rome (photographed)

Photograph of a biga (Roman two-horse chariot).


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Archaeology
Object type
Photograph
TitleSculpture--Biga with the two Horses, c. A.D. 100 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
mounted albumen print
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of a biga (two horse chariot), from a set commissioned by John Henry Parker, 1864-1868
Physical description
Photograph of a biga (Roman two-horse chariot).
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 26.8cm
  • Mount width: 33.2cm
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.
Subject depicted
Chariot
Association
British and American Archaeological Society of Rome
Bibliographic reference
On a label pasted onto the mount
Other number
293 - John Henry Parker catalogue number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
61634

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Record createdMay 15, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1439607/sculpture--biga-with-the-photograph-parker-john-henry/
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