Antique Print of the Arch of the Goldsmith by Abbot, 1820

€ 400

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

Date: 1820
Sheet size: 42 × 56 cm (16.5 × 22.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12208-320

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 the Goldsmiths'. Large aquatint of the Arch of the Goldsmith. The Goldsmith's gate, or arch of the goldsmith, was built by bankers and cattle merchants in A.D. 204 in honor of Septimius Severus and his family, the interior relief sculpture depicts the Roman emperor with his wife, Julia Domna.

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.