ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
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Single page portrait format engraving in black and white, showing a plan of adjoining rooms in the burial chamber of the freedmen and slaves of the family of Augustus. The rooms are lettered, with a key in Italian below.
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Materials and techniques | engraving, paper |
Brief description | 'Plate 38, Volume 3', engraving from Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi, Volume 3, Giovanni Piranesi, ca. 1750, volume bound together in Paris by Tessier, 1803-1807 |
Physical description | Single page portrait format engraving in black and white, showing a plan of adjoining rooms in the burial chamber of the freedmen and slaves of the family of Augustus. The rooms are lettered, with a key in Italian below. |
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Marks and inscriptions | (The inscription provides a key to the plan, with different parts lettered A-H.) |
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Accession number | E.4135-1908 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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