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La Colonne de Trajan et les débris de la Basilique Ulpienne
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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- 1859
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- b09d2bb1-7104-4ee0-8308-7eae55548b16
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View of Trajan's Column surrounded by the remains of columns from the Basilica Ulpia at Trajan's Forum. One of the two domed reading rooms that make up the Bibliotheca Ulpia, a library that houses a collection of Greek and Latin materials built by the Emperor Trajan.
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- Trajan's Column, Rome — ItalyMatched from the record’s own words: “La Colonne de Trajan et les débris de la Basilique Ulpienne”
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