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Le Colisée, vue prise du Mont-Palatin
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
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- British
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
A view of the Colosseum seen from a nearby hill. There are fields in the foreground and the remains of Meta Sudans can be seen in front of the Colosseum.
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