Antique Print of the Arch of Septimius Severus by Abbot '1820'

€ 400

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1820
Sheet size: 40 × 55 cm (15.7 × 21.7 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12208-314

Condition

Light soiling, minor wear. Few creases and tears, mainly in margins. Blank verso, please study images carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Arch of Septimius Severus'. Large aquatint of the Arch of Septimius Severus. The Arch of Septimius Severus at the northwest end of the Roman Forum is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated in 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 194/195 and 197–199.

This print originates from ' Antiquities of Rome : comprising twenty-four select views of its principal ruins and a description of each view' by Henry Abbot.