Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 455 x 340mm (18 x 13½"), with large margins, uncut.
The view under the Arch of Augustus, incorporated into the Aurelian Walls as the Porta Tiburtina (now Porta San Lorenzo). At this point three aqueducts (Aqua Marcia, Aqua Julia and Aqua Tepula) pass over the Via Tibertina.
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: 51565]  £600.00