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St. Peter’s
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| Artist / Maker | Robert Macpherson |
|---|---|
| Date | 1858 |
| Culture / Origin | England, 19th century |
| Medium | albumen print from wet collodion negative |
| Dimensions | Image: 26.8 x 37.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) |
| Department | Photography |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
Robert Macpherson British, b. Scotland, 1811-1872 His many views of Rome and its environs, produced in the 1850s-60s, place Robert Macpherson among the most prolific and popular of 19th-century photographers of Italy (along with James Anderson in Rome, the Alinari family in Florence, and Carlo Ponti of Venice). Trained as a surgeon in his native Edinburgh, Macpherson moved to Rome in about 1840, becoming a painter, photographer, and occasional dealer in art and antiquities. By the early 1850s he was… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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