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Vue générale du Forum Romain prise du Capitole; sur le devant les huit colonnes du Temple de Saturne, dans le fond le Colisée
Creator
James AndersonBritish Photographer · 1813–1877
All works by this person →James Anderson was born Isaac Atkinson in Blencarn, Cumberland, England and studied painting in Paris as William Nugent Dunbar. In 1838 he moved to Rome and began to produce sculpture as James Anderson, which remained his professional name. Eleven years later he took up photography, opening a studio in Rome in 1853. Anderson specialized in reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalog
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- negative about 1853; print about 1853–1859
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 6290e7a5-a8b1-4ce5-947c-2dae60736935
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View looking out over the Roman Forum. The ruins of the Temple of Saturn with eight columns supporting a partial entablature is in the foreground. The Colosseum is visible in the far distance.
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