A panoramic view of ancient Roman ruins, including a large archway and various buildings, with a river in the foreground. The architecture features stone structures with domes and towers, and the ground appears dry and dusty. There is legible text at the bottom right corner of the image.

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Vue générale du Forum Romain prise près de l'Arc de Titus; le Tabularium dans le fond

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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: 1859
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: 4e48d855-7714-4fce-b7e2-ad0bef588c75

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View looking down a wide road across the Roman Forum, towards the Tabularium and Capitoline Hill. The clock tower of the Palazzo Senatorio can be seen above the Tabularium. The Arch of Septimius Severus is at the end of the road, which is bordered by grass along the right side.

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