Library Collection. Prints
Reliquiae Mausolei Augusti
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
Romae
apud Auctorem
1762
1 print : etching ; image 35.7 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 56.2 x 41.5 cm.
The print depicts remains of the Mausoleum of Augustus. On top right: Tab. XXI; lower right: Vide indicem ruinar. num. 26; signature lower left: Piranesi F.
21st plate of Piranesi's Campus Martius antiquae Urbis, numbered Tab. XXI. Good condition. Illustration in: Campus Martius antiquae Urbis / Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socii. Romae : apud Auctorem, 1762. Includes a key: A. Janua Mausolei. B. Cellae semicirculares circum dispositae. Forms part of: Library Collection. Prints.
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Mausoleum of Augustus (Rome, Italy)Pictorial worksArchaeological sitesTombs & sepulchral monumentsAntiquities
ItalyRomeCampo MarzioRomaLazio
1760-1770
Etchings
British School at Rome
XL.611.P.13-25
Closed access material (Library)
The volume originally 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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