281 Colosseo
James Anderson (1813 - 1877)
Category
Photographs
Date
1900 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
201 x 260 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890134.11
Summary
A professional photograph of the Colosseum, Rome, taken from rooftops opposite. Trees and shrubs on right with hills in distance, modern city on left. Contained in a brown leather photograph album with tooled pattern on spine and front and back covers containing thirty six pages with gold blocked edges and holding seventy six photographs. c.1900
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 1883-1966, later 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. The family were great travellers and travelled throughout Europe.
Marks and inscriptions
Across bottom of photograph: (printed in black) 281 - COLOSSO Anderson
Makers and roles
James Anderson (1813 - 1877), photographer