![[Tiber Island] Veduta Dell' Isola Tiberina.](jpegs/51536.jpg)
[Tiber Island] Veduta Dell' Isola Tiberina.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of Tiber Island, showing the bank modelled to look like the prow of a ship as homage to the legend of the founding of the temple to Aesculapius, god of medicine, on the island. The highest tower is that of the Basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola.
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: 51536] £600.00
Roma 1820.
Etching. 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of Tiber Island, showing the bank modelled to look like the prow of a ship as homage to the legend of the founding of the temple to Aesculapius, god of medicine, on the island. The highest tower is that of the Basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola.
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: 51536] £600.00