Subject
B/W print dating to the mid-1800s, by painter and photographer Robert Macpherson, depicting the landscape of the Roman countryside within what is now the Parco degli Acquedotti. Macpherson, who often painted bucolic landscapes of Rome, here turns to photography.
In pencil at top centre: “138”. In pen at bottom: “The Countryside – 4 miles from the Salarian Gate on the road to Naples”.
On the reverse, in pencil, “A 26 24.”
Accession number 84.XO.1378.24
B/W print
Paper/albumen
22.1 × 38.7 cm
Mid-1800s
Placement
J. Paul Getty Museum
Credits
J. Paul Getty Museum
