Ashby Collection. Prints
Via Appia illustrata ab urbe Roma ad Capuam, limite noto Appia longarum teritur Regina viarum
Labruzzi, Carlo, approximately 1765-1818 (engraver)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
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[1794?]
1 print : etching and engraving in background ; image 45.5 x 55 cm.
Dedicated to Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bar.t. The artist's name is written underneath the shield of Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The composition is dominated by the frontispiece and a collection of engravings on entablatures written in Latin. Represented to the right of this is the Roman Forum and on the left hand side is the Colosseum.
Good condition. Some foxing on upper right hand side. This is the first in a series of prints on from the Via Appia that Carlo Labruzzi executed for Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Picture caption: Frontispiece Representing the Itinerary of the ancient Stations on the Via Appia between Rome & Capua : An inscription in honor of Appius Claudius the Founder of it: & the first Mile Stone belonging to the above Road = Frontespizio coll'antico Itinerario della Via Appia da Roma á Capua : Un Iscrizione in onore d'Appio Claudio suo Fondatore e la prima Colonna Miliaria della detta Via. N.° 1 Carlo Labruzzi was popular with the English Grand Tourists in Rome for whom he made souvenir drawings and watercolours. In 1789 on the 31st of October Sir Richard Colt Hoare invited Labruzzi to accompany him along the Appian Way following the itinerary outlined by the Roman poet Horace in his description of a journey made to Brindisi in 38 BC. During this trip Labruzzi was to make drawings of the remains of the ancient tombs and villas along the way. The journey was uncompleted due to bad weather and Labruzzi’s ill health and was terminated at Benevento. However, 226 pen-and-wash drawings were completed and bound into 5 volumes by Colt Hoare. A second set of drawings, which are less highly finished perhaps served as preparatory studies were kept by Labruzzi who engraved 24 of the plates himself 5 years after the journey (1794). Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.
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1790-1800
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British School at Rome
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The print belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.
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