Robert Macpherson

Robert Macpherson

Photographer · 1811–1872

57 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Until photography lured him in 1851, Robert Macpherson enjoyed a socially active career as a painter, journalist, and art dealer. A tall, gregarious redhead described as "gifted with that rare endowment, the art of pleasing," the Scottish Macpherson cut a striking figure wearing a kilt on the streets of Rome, where he had moved for his health around 1840. He became a commercial photographer and op

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[Antinous - bas relief, Villa Albani]

[Antinous - bas relief, Villa Albani]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Arch of Constantine]

[Arch of Constantine]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Arch of Constantine]

[Arch of Constantine]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Arch of Drusus]

[Arch of Drusus]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Arch of Silversmiths]

[Arch of Silversmiths]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Arch of Titus]

[Arch of Titus]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Arch of Titus]

[Arch of Titus]

Getty Museum · about 1855–1859

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Arch of Titus, Rome

Arch of Titus, Rome

Getty Museum · 1855–1856

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[Cascade - Tivoli]

[Cascade - Tivoli]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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Cascatelle at the Villa of Maecenas - Tivoli

Cascatelle at the Villa of Maecenas - Tivoli

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin]

[Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin]

Getty Museum · 1850–1859

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[Cloaca Maxima]

[Cloaca Maxima]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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Falls of Terni

Falls of Terni

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1860

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Forum of Trajan, Rome

Forum of Trajan, Rome

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Fountain - St. Peter's, Rome]

[Fountain - St. Peter's, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Gibson bas relief - The Hours]

[Gibson bas relief - The Hours]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Grotto of Egeria]

[Grotto of Egeria]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Grotto of Egeria]

[Grotto of Egeria]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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Hall of the Candelabra - Vatican.

Hall of the Candelabra - Vatican.

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Hall of the Statues - Vatican Museum]

[Hall of the Statues - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Horses and chariot - Vatican Museum]

[Horses and chariot - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[House of Lucrezia Borgia]

[House of Lucrezia Borgia]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Interior - arch of Titus]

[Interior - arch of Titus]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Italian landscape]

[Italian landscape]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Moses by Michelangelo]

[Moses by Michelangelo]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Moses by Michelangelo]

[Moses by Michelangelo]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Obelisk - Trinita dei Monti]

[Obelisk - Trinita dei Monti]

Getty Museum · 1850–1859

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[Palace of the Caesers]

[Palace of the Caesers]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Palazzo Caffarelli]

[Palazzo Caffarelli]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Pantheon]

[Pantheon]

Getty Museum · about 1855–1865

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[Piazza del Popolo]

[Piazza del Popolo]

Getty Museum · about 1858

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[Piazza Navona]

[Piazza Navona]

Getty Museum · about 1853–1863

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[Pines in the Borghese Garden, Rome]

[Pines in the Borghese Garden, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1857

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[Pyramid of Caius Cestus]

[Pyramid of Caius Cestus]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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Roman forum

Roman forum

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Roman Forum - temple of Saturn]

[Roman Forum - temple of Saturn]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[Santa Maria Maggiore]

[Santa Maria Maggiore]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Statue of a youth - Vatican Museum]

[Statue of a youth - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Statue of Demosthenes - Vatican Museum]

[Statue of Demosthenes - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[St. John Lateran]

[St. John Lateran]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[St. Peter's - Rome]

[St. Peter's - Rome]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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St. Peter's, Rome

St. Peter's, Rome

Getty Museum · 1860

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[Temple of Minerva Medica]

[Temple of Minerva Medica]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Temple of Saturn, the Forum, Rome]

[Temple of Saturn, the Forum, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1852

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[Temple of Sibyl, Tivoli]

[Temple of Sibyl, Tivoli]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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[Temple of Venus]

[Temple of Venus]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[The Discobolus - Vatican Museum]

[The Discobolus - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[The Nile and its tributaries - Vatican Museum]

[The Nile and its tributaries - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1850–1859

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[The Palatine, Rome]

[The Palatine, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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The Temple of Pallas, being a Portion of the Forum of Nerva, Rome

The Temple of Pallas, being a Portion of the Forum of Nerva, Rome

Getty Museum · 1850s

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The Theater of Marcellus, Rome

The Theater of Marcellus, Rome

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[View of Rome and the Tiber]

[View of Rome and the Tiber]

Getty Museum · 1850s

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[View of Rome from the Janiculum]

[View of Rome from the Janiculum]

Getty Museum · about 1853–1863

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[Villa Medici]

[Villa Medici]

Getty Museum · 1860s

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