Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Abbot, Henry, 1768-1840
Title:
Antiquities of Rome : comprising twenty-four select views of its principal ruins : illustrated by a panoramic outline of the modern city, taken from the capitol / from drawings by Henry Abbott, Esq., made in the year 1818.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by John Tyler, Rathbone Place, and published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row, 1820.
Physical Description:
[25] leaves, [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 61 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Henry Abbot, Theodore Henry Fielding, Joshua Gleadah, Daniel Havell, W. Havell & Sons, Samuel Rawle, and Richard Reeve, after Henry Abbot.
Contents:
Plates: The Pyramid of Caius Cestius -- Bridge & fort of St. Angelo -- The Pantheon -- St. Peter's & the Vatican -- Coliseum -- Temple of the Sun & Moon -- Palace of the Caesars -- Arch of Titus -- Temple of Peace -- Temple of Jupiter -- The Temple of Antoninus & Faustina -- Arch of Janus -- Arch of the Goldsmiths -- Temple of Vesta -- Temple of Minerva Medica -- Column of Antonine Piazza Colonna -- Column & Forum of Trajan -- Arch of Constantine -- Coliseum -- Temple of Jupiter, Tonans -- Arch of Septimius Severus -- The Forum of Nerva -- The Temple of Pallas -- The Forum from the Pillar of Phocus.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Rome. | Architecture -- Italy -- Rome. | Rome -- Antiquities. | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Form/Genre:
Panoramas. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1820.
Contributors:
Tyler, John, active 1808–1829, printer. | M'Queen, William, active 1817–1835, printer. | Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834, bookseller. | Dickinson, Joseph, 1780–1849, bookseller. | Lambe, Richard, bookseller. | Sams, William, bookseller. | Stockdale, Miss (Mary R.), bookseller. | Taylor, J. (Josiah) bookseller. | Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851, engraver. | Gleadah, Joshua, active 1815–1836, engraver. | Havell, Daniel, -1826? engraver. | Rawle, S., engraver. | Reeve, Richard, 1780–approximately 1835, engraver. | Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, publisher | John and Arthur Arch, bookseller. | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., bookseller. | Rodwell and Martin (Firm) bookseller. | W. Havell & Sons, engraver.