Acquaroni, Giovanni, active 1816-approximately 1837, cartographer
Published / Created:
1826
Call Number:
400am R66 1826
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00233
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Alternative Title:
Vestigie di Roma antica
Description:
400am R66 1826: Dissected and mounted on linen. Bookseller's label: Venance Monaldini ... Rome., Below lower right margin: "Paoli 15.", Includes index and notes., Relief shown by hachures., and Shows names of Ancient Roman sites, some in fragmentary form with floor plans.
Publisher:
Presso Venanzio Monaldini ... con approvazione e privilegio Pontificio,
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)--Maps and Rome--Antiquities--Maps
Subject (Name):
Monaldini, Venanzio, Monaldini, Venanzio, bookseller, Nibby, A. (Antonio), 1792-1839, and Romanis, Antonio de
Subject (Topic):
Antiquities, Architecture--Designs and plans, and Geography, Ancient--Maps
"View of gothic castle ruins, with fence in the foreground, in front of which a coach travelling at speed downhill at left, a one-horse gig uphill at right, a woman with a basket on a horse going uphill at left, followed by two other women and a child with baskets; row of buildings including a warehouse next to the castle at right, with a sailing ship on water."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Stamford Castle, Lincolnshire
Description:
Title etched in lower left corner of image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Plate numbered "22" in upper right corner., Plate from: Rowlandson, T. The world in miniature. London : Published by R. Ackermann ..., 1817., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
View of Stonehenge and the surrounding Salisbury Plain
Alternative Title:
View of Stonehenge taken at the distance of a mile 1781
Description:
Signed lower right: J. Carter del. 1785., Inscription in pencil on verso: Interesting set of 4 original view of Stonehenge sketches in 1781 by J. Carter, doubtless the J. Carter (1748-1817) Draughtsman and architect and author of "Ancient Architecture of England", fol. London 1795. Edit. by J. Britton fol. 1845. with 106 plates, nos. II and III being of Stonehenge., John Carter, English draughtsman and antiquary, 1748-1817., For further information, consult library staff., and One of four drawings in a folder.
View of the Heelstone standing in the Avenue which led to the entrance of Stonehenge
Alternative Title:
Heel-stone
Description:
Inscription by artist underneath the image: View of a remarkable stone at about 40 feet distance from Stonehenge (taken 1781 and del 1785 J. Carter). This form gives the idea of an ancient Druid worshiping near his temple and according to the legends, old tales, this Stone was once in reality a Druid, who for his heathen adoration was turned into a Stone., Inscription in pencil lower right: The Heel-stone., Inscription on verso in pencil: This drawing of the Heel-Stone is unremarkable like it is at present. See E. Barclay "Stonehenge", 1895 Pl. fo. 29. & E.H. Stone "The Stones of Stonehenge",1924 p.128 & fol.34. It is very little elaborated here., John Carter, English draughtsman and antiquary, 1748-1817., For further information, consult library staff., and One of four drawings in a folder.
