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Gates of Rome - Postern near the Porta Nomentana, Aurelian, A.D. 275, on the outer edge of the foss of the Praetorian Camp

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

Photograph of a postern (secondary gate) near the Porta Nomentana in the Aurelian Walls, Rome.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Topography
Archaeology
Object type
Photograph
TitleGates of Rome - Postern near the Porta Nomentana, Aurelian, A.D. 275, on the outer edge of the foss of the Praetorian Camp
Materials and techniques
mounted albumen print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of a postern (secondary gate) near the Porta Nomentana in the Aurelian Walls, Rome, from a set commissioned by John Henry Parker, 1864-1868
Physical description
Photograph of a postern (secondary gate) near the Porta Nomentana in the Aurelian Walls, 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.
Place depicted
Rome
Associations
British and American Archaeological Society of Rome
Rome
Bibliographic reference
On label pasted to mount
Other number
9 - John Henry Parker catalogue number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
61345

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Record createdMarch 18, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1311133/gates-of-rome---photograph-parker-john-henry/
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