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Aqueducts - Castellum Aquae at the head of one of the springs of the Aqua Virgo, Rome, Italy

Photograph
1864-1870 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Parker, John Henry (publisher)
Place of origin
Rome (photographed)

Photograph of the castellum aquae (water tower) at the head of one of the springs of the Aqua Virgo, Rome.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Archaeology
Architecture
Topography
Photographs of Italy
Object type
Photograph
TitleAqueducts - Castellum Aquae at the head of one of the springs of the Aqua Virgo, Rome, Italy
Materials and techniques
mounted albumen print
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of the Castellum Aquae at the head of one of the springs of the Aqua Virgo, Rome, from a set commissioned by John Henry Parker, 1864-1870
Physical description
Photograph of the castellum aquae (water tower) at the head of one of the springs of the Aqua Virgo, Rome.
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
Aqueduct
Associations
British and American Archaeological Society of Rome
Rome
Bibliographic reference
On label pasted to mount
Other number
864 - John Henry Parker catalogue number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
62059

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Record createdMarch 24, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1311721/aqueducts---castellum-aquae-photograph-parker-john-henry/
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