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[Santa Maria Maggiore]
Creator
Robert MacphersonPhotographer · 1811–1872
All works by this person →Until photography lured him in 1851, Robert Macpherson enjoyed a socially active career as a painter, journalist, and art dealer. A tall, gregarious redhead described as "gifted with that rare endowment, the art of pleasing," the Scottish Macpherson cut a striking figure wearing a kilt on the streets of Rome, where he had moved for his health around 1840. He became a commercial photographer and op
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1860s
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- Scottish
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 14c1c4b9-cd72-4829-9420-83726b4cde6c
The papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary Major) in Rome. The basilica is viewed from the courtyard with its spire at center.
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