The Villa of Lucullus at Misenum (after William Leighton Leitch)
James Tibbitts Willmore ARA (Erdington 1800 - London 1863)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1851
Materials
paper
Measurements
430 x 570 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286699
Summary
Engraving, The Villa of Lucullus at Misenum (after William Leighton Leitch) by James Tibbitts Willmore ARA (Erdington 1800 - London 1863). Published by the Art Union of London 1851. Entitled 'The Villa of Lucullus at Misenum'. From a picture owned by John Purser. A panoramic Claude-style view is shown of a land of great buildings falling with steep wooded cliffs to the sea. In the foreground figures in classical dress are seated on a ruined classical site with high trees either side. Good margin
Marks and inscriptions
The Villa of Lucullus at Misenum
Makers and roles
James Tibbitts Willmore ARA (Erdington 1800 - London 1863), engraver (printmaker) after William Leighton Leitch (Glasgow 1804 - London 1883), artist Art Union of London., engraver and publisher