Ashby Collection. Prints
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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
[Roma]
Presso l’autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinità de’ monti
[between 1761 and 17??]
1 print : etching ; 52,5 x 74 cm.
Bottom right: Piranesi del. Sc. Presso l’autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinità de’ monti. A paoli due e mezzo. Caption continues: 1. Pantheon fabbricato da Marco Agrippa oggi S. Maria ad Martyres 2. Fontana con Guglia Egiziaca architettura di Filippo Barigioni. 3. Pescaria. 4. Palazzo Crescenzi. Title from the print's caption. Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.
Focillon, 796 Wilton-Ely, 144
Digitisation sponsored by Clare Hornsby 2021
Pantheon (Rome, Italy)
Pictorial worksCarriages & coachesColumnsFountainsMarketsObelisksPeoplePlazasRoman templesAntiquitiesBuildings, structures, etc
ItalyRomeRomaLazio
1760-1770
Etchings
British School at Rome
TA[PRI]-GBP14-111
Closed access material (Library)
One of the loose prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi originally belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.
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