Subject
At the fourth milestone of the Appian Way, the Mausoleum of the Equinoxes is a tumulus tomb from the 2nd century BC, featuring a barrel vault seven metres high, remarkably well preserved. Its name derives from a unique phenomenon: on the days of the equinoxes, a ray of sunlight penetrates through the openings and illuminates the exact centre of the burial chamber.

Accession number 1955,1210.10.58
Graphite and watercolor on paper
49 x 64 cm
Carlo Labruzzi (Roma 1748 – 1817 Perugia)
1789-1794

Placement
The British Museum (storage)

Credits
The British Museum

References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2013, cat. 48, p. 220.

View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura in the 18th century in a print by Giovan Battista Piranesi. To the left, there is a monumental entrance arch for access from the Appian Way, which has now disappeared. Part of the series Varie Vedute di Roma Antica e Moderna.

Accession number: 1923,0209.1.73
Etching print
Height: 224 mm (sheet); height: 134 mm; width: 311 mm (sheet); width: 179 mm
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1741-1748

Location
British Museum (storage)

Credits
British Museum

References
Focillon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeœuvre, 1918, p.106;
Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, le acqueforti complete, 1994 p.51

Subject
Landscape of the Via Appia Antica, with view of ruins and mountains in the background.
 
Accession number 2019,7015.641
Watercolour
George Smith, Londra 1802 – 1838
1834
26.2 cm x 33.6 cm
 
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
 
Credits
The British Museum

Subject
Representation of the so-called Nymphaeum of Egeria, in the Caffarella valley.
 
Accession number 1955,1210.10.26
Watercolour over graphite
Carlo Labruzzi, Rome 1748 – 1817 Perugia
1789-1794
49.5 cm x 64.0 cm
 
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
 
Credits
The British Museum

References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Vatican City, Vatican Apostolic Library, 2013, cat. 90, pp. 280-281.

Subject
Drawing of the so-called sepulchre of Priscilla, wife of Titus Flavius Abascantius, a freedman at the time of Domitian, on the Via Appia.
 
Accession number 1955,1210.10.22
Watercolour over graphite
Carlo Labruzzi, Rome 1748 – 1817 Perugia
1789-1794
49.0 cm x 64.0 cm
 
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
 
Credits
The British Museum
 
References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Vatican City, Vatican Apostolic Library, 2013.

Subject
Drawing of the excavations carried out on the Via Appia, near the Tomb of Claudia Semne, found in 1792-1793. On the right side of the sheet there is an inscription: D · M/Q · MARCIO/IVLIO · HERACIA/PATRI · /DVLCISSIMO/PIENTISSIMO · [A?]/Q · ET · DIGNISSIM/ Q · MARCIVS IV/HERACLA · FIL/FECIT.
 
Accession number 1955,1210.10.42
Brush drawing in light grey, realized with watercolour, over graphite
Carlo Labruzzi, Rome 1748 – 1817 Perugia
1793-1794
49.2 cm x 64.0 cm
 
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
 
Credits
The British Museum

References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Vatican City, Vatican Apostolic Library, 2013, cat. 42, pp. 209-210.

Subject
Drawing of the Cecilia Metella tomb, with two figures and a donkey on the right.
 
Accession number 1917,1207.3
Watercolour made with pen and grey ink over graphite
Albert Christoph Dies, Hannover 1755 – 1822 Vienna
1788
39.8 cm x 54.8 cm
 
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
 
Credits
The British Museum

Subject
Landscape with ruins on the Via Appia Antica, with a column in the foreground, the remains of an arch on one side and a female figure who is walking along the way.
 
Accession number 1955,1210.10.3
Watercolour over graphite
Carlo Labruzzi, Rome 1748 – 1817 Perugia
1789-1794
47.7 cm x 64.0 cm
 
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
 
Credits
The British Museum

References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Vatican City, Vatican Apostolic Library, 2013.