Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 425 x 660mm (16¾ x 26"), with large, uncut margins.
A view of part of the Aurelian walls, which made use of the existing Aqua Claudia. This section is now in the Giardini di via Carlo Felice. The walls point towards the minor basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51496] £600.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 425 x 660mm (16¾ x 26"), with large, uncut margins.
A view of part of the Aurelian walls, which made use of the existing Aqua Claudia. This section is now in the Giardini di via Carlo Felice. The walls point towards the minor basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51496] £600.00