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Poingdestre, Scène de la campagne de Rome. Le Retour du travail, d'après le tableau
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
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- Albumen silver print
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- British
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- Photographs
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View of a painting by Charles Poingdestre depicting four peasant men walking down a road that cuts through a field in the Roman Campagna. Two of the men ride donkeys, one walks beside them with a dog, and the last walks behind with a herd of sheep. Ancient Roman ruins are visible in the distance. The painter's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
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