Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Isaac Weld, 1774–1856, Irish
Title:
Walls of Rome: The Aurelian Wall, with the Pyramid of Cestius
Date:
1818
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 17 3/16 inches (18.3 × 43.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, lower right: "Walls of Rome"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2923
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
tomb | pyramid (tomb) | church
Associated Places:
Roma | Roma | Lazio | Italy | Pyramid of Cestius (Tomb for Gaius Cestius in Rome)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20273