![[The Igel Column] A Roman Monument at Igel, in the Dutchy of Luxemburgh.](jpegs/67831.jpg)
[The Igel Column] A Roman Monument at Igel, in the Dutchy of Luxemburgh. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Viscoutn Palmerston, these six Views, being port of a Collection made for his Lordship in his Travels in the Year 1770, are humbly inscribed.
Drawn by W. Pars. Engraved by Edw. Rooker. Ptinted by Gamble.
Published June 1.st 1774, as the Act directs, by W., Pars, in Percy Street, London.
Engraving. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, few fox marks.
A view of the Igel Column, the Roman sandstone burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, built c. 50AD by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. William Pars (1742-82) made several trips around Europe as a draughtsman. He accompanied Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (father of the Prime Minister) to Rome. This plate was later published by John Boydell.
[Ref: 67831] £380.00
Published June 1.st 1774, as the Act directs, by W., Pars, in Percy Street, London.
Engraving. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, few fox marks.
A view of the Igel Column, the Roman sandstone burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, built c. 50AD by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. William Pars (1742-82) made several trips around Europe as a draughtsman. He accompanied Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (father of the Prime Minister) to Rome. This plate was later published by John Boydell.
[Ref: 67831] £380.00