Robert Macpherson

Photographer · 1811–1872

40 works 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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Works

[Antinous - bas relief, Villa Albani]

[Antinous - bas relief, Villa Albani]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Arch of Constantine]

[Arch of Constantine]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Arch of Constantine]

[Arch of Constantine]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Arch of Drusus]

[Arch of Drusus]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Arch of Silversmiths]

[Arch of Silversmiths]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Arch of Titus]

[Arch of Titus]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Arch of Titus]

[Arch of Titus]

Getty Museum · about 1855–1859

Arch of Titus, Rome

Arch of Titus, Rome

Getty Museum · 1855–1856

[Cascade - Tivoli]

[Cascade - Tivoli]

Getty Museum · 1850s

Cascatelle at the Villa of Maecenas - Tivoli

Cascatelle at the Villa of Maecenas - Tivoli

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Cloaca Maxima]

[Cloaca Maxima]

Getty Museum · 1860s

Forum of Trajan, Rome

Forum of Trajan, Rome

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Fountain - St. Peter's, Rome]

[Fountain - St. Peter's, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Gibson bas relief - The Hours]

[Gibson bas relief - The Hours]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Grotto of Egeria]

[Grotto of Egeria]

Getty Museum · 1860s

Hall of the Candelabra - Vatican.

Hall of the Candelabra - Vatican.

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Hall of the Statues - Vatican Museum]

[Hall of the Statues - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Horses and chariot - Vatican Museum]

[Horses and chariot - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Interior - arch of Titus]

[Interior - arch of Titus]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Italian landscape]

[Italian landscape]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Moses by Michelangelo]

[Moses by Michelangelo]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Moses by Michelangelo]

[Moses by Michelangelo]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Pantheon]

[Pantheon]

Getty Museum · about 1855–1865

[Piazza del Popolo]

[Piazza del Popolo]

Getty Museum · about 1858

[Piazza Navona]

[Piazza Navona]

Getty Museum · about 1853–1863

[Pines in the Borghese Garden, Rome]

[Pines in the Borghese Garden, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1857

Roman forum

Roman forum

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

[Roman Forum - northwest corner]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Roman Forum - temple of Saturn]

[Roman Forum - temple of Saturn]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[Statue of a youth - Vatican Museum]

[Statue of a youth - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1860s

[Statue of Demosthenes - Vatican Museum]

[Statue of Demosthenes - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[St. Peter's - Rome]

[St. Peter's - Rome]

Getty Museum · 1860s

St. Peter's, Rome

St. Peter's, Rome

Getty Museum · 1860

The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

Getty Museum · 1850s

[The Discobolus - Vatican Museum]

[The Discobolus - Vatican Museum]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[The Palatine, Rome]

[The Palatine, Rome]

Getty Museum · 1850s

The Theater of Marcellus, Rome

The Theater of Marcellus, Rome

Getty Museum · 1850s

[View of Rome and the Tiber]

[View of Rome and the Tiber]

Getty Museum · 1850s

[View of Rome from the Janiculum]

[View of Rome from the Janiculum]

Getty Museum · about 1853–1863