A panoramic view of a cityscape, featuring a prominent domed building in the background, likely St. Peter's Basilica, with surrounding structures and rooftops in the foreground. The photo is in black and white, with a red border framing the image.

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La Basilique de Saint Pierre et le Palais du Vatican, vue prise du Château Saint Ange

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British Photographer · 1813–1877

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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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Date: negative about 1853; print about 1853–1859
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: 14dd884b-d543-4e8c-8f16-21b222e15872

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A distant view of St. Peter's Basilica looking out across the city of Rome, seen from Castel Sant'Angelo. A curved wall borders the right side of the image.

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St. Peter's Basilica — Vatican CityMatched from the record’s own words: “La Basilique de Saint Pierre et le Palais du Vatican, vue prise du Château Saint Ange”

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