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English: The Colosseum as illustrated in a 1598 book
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| Date | |
| Source | The De Amphitheatro of Justus Lipsius |
| Author | Anonymous |
The Colosseum in 1598
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Aristotle Plays Horsie
By Hans Burgmair. From A Treatise on Wood Engraving, 1839.
Constantine’s Arch, from a Drawing Made upon the Spot
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English: Aquatint engraving executed from a drawing made on the spot
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| Source | A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity, 1798 (https://archive.org/stream/selectcollection00lond#page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous engraver |
The Ruins of Caesar’s Palace, from a Drawing Made upon the Spot
| Description |
English: Aquatint engraving executed from a drawing made on the spot
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| Source | A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity, 1798 (https://archive.org/stream/selectcollection00lond#page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous engraver |
The Coliseum, from a Drawing Made upon the Spot
| Description |
English: Aquatint engraving executed from a drawing made on the spot
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| Date | |
| Source | A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity, 1798 (https://archive.org/stream/selectcollection00lond#page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous engraver |
Janus’s Arch, from a Drawing Made upon the Spot
| Description |
English: Aquatint engraving executed from a drawing made on the spot
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| Date | |
| Source | A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity, 1798 (https://archive.org/stream/selectcollection00lond#page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous engraver |
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book I
Two Female Dancers from Herculaneum
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English: Two female dancers, engraved from an ancient painting in Herculaneum
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| Source | The Antiquities of Herculaneum, 1773 (https://archive.org/stream/antiquitiesofher00baia#page/n205/mode/1up) |
| Author | C. Grignion, engraver, from a painting in Herculaneum |
Solon writing laws for Athens
Merry’s Museum, 1842 (https://archive.org/stream/merrysmuseum43roberich#page/n11/mode/2up)
Moonlight, by George Barrett, Jr.
From The Token, 1856.