[Temple of Saturn] Veduta dell' Interno del Tempio della Concordia, nel Foro Romano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 495 x 615mm (19½ x 24¼"), with large, uncut margins.Snall hole to the top right margin. Creased.
A large plate showning the six remaining columns of the front porch of the Temple of Saturn, in the west end of the Forum of Rome. This was the third temple, built after disastrous fire of 283 AD: the pediment has an inscription that translates as 'The Senate and People of Rome restored [the temple] consumed by fire'.
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: 51497] £600.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 495 x 615mm (19½ x 24¼"), with large, uncut margins.Snall hole to the top right margin. Creased.
A large plate showning the six remaining columns of the front porch of the Temple of Saturn, in the west end of the Forum of Rome. This was the third temple, built after disastrous fire of 283 AD: the pediment has an inscription that translates as 'The Senate and People of Rome restored [the temple] consumed by fire'.
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: 51497] £600.00