View of Rome

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View of Rome
View of Rome
View of Rome
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Samuel Middiman (1750-1831) after Wilson
Title
View of Rome
Date
1807
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Metric: 280 x 397 mm
Imperial: 11 x 15 5/8 in.
Accession Number
1875,0710.4206
Wilson Online Reference
E59
Description
Landscape with the city of Rome in the background and St Peter's to the left, seen from a between groups of trees on a verdant hillside above. A man is driving livestock down a path to the left. A second man is sitting on a basket, talking to a woman and child, next to a remnant of ancient sculpture with a relief of a woman in profile.
Provenance
Purchased through Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1875
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image:
[1] VIEW OF ROME
[2] ENGRAVED BY MIDDIMAN.
Related Drawings
D311 View of St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Versions
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Related Paintings
P57 Rome: St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Tate, London
P57A St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Critical commentary
The final state was plate 3 with an account on the facing page of The British Gallery of Engravings, by the Revd Edward Forster, published by William Miller, 50 Albemarle Street, London, 1807
Condition/Conservation
Plate size: 194 x 270 mm; 7 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.