![[Theatre of Marcellus] Avanzi del Teatro di Marcello.](jpegs/51540.jpg)
[Theatre of Marcellus] Avanzi del Teatro di Marcello.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 415 x 510mm (16¼ x 20"), with large margins, uncut.
The Theatre of Marcellus was started by Julius Caesar and completed by Augustus in 13 BC, who dedicated to his heir Marcellus who had died aged 20. It was an enormous building, 115 ft. high and 127 ft. in diameter, capable of holding 15,000 people.
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: 51540] £750.00
Roma 1821.
Etching. 415 x 510mm (16¼ x 20"), with large margins, uncut.
The Theatre of Marcellus was started by Julius Caesar and completed by Augustus in 13 BC, who dedicated to his heir Marcellus who had died aged 20. It was an enormous building, 115 ft. high and 127 ft. in diameter, capable of holding 15,000 people.
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: 51540] £750.00