Arch of Septimius Severus

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Arch of Septimius Severus

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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: 1855–1856
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of a triumphal arch with three archways and topped with a carved entablature. Visible on the left area of the image is the facade of the church, Santi Luca e Martina, a two-story building with carved stone facade and its large doors closed. Also visible on the right area of the image are two fluted columns, as well as a series of steps on a mound of dirt in front of the arch.

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