L'Arc de Constantin, façade du sud-ouest

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L'Arc de Constantin, façade du sud-ouest

Creator

James Anderson

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
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The Arch of Constantine, a triumphal arch with one central archway flanked by two smaller arches. A person can be seen standing under the small arch on the left. The arch is adorned with multiple relief sculptures along the sides and top.

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