Robert Macpherson
The Campagna near Rome Featuring the Roman Aqueduct built by Emperor Claudius
About this artwork
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artist:Robert Macpherson (1811 - 1872) Scottish
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title:The Campagna near Rome Featuring the Roman Aqueduct built by Emperor Claudius
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:Image size: 25.70 x 36.30 cm; overall: 49.00 x 63.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1989
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accession number:PGP 487
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Robert Macpherson
Robert Macpherson
Robert Macpherson originally trained as a surgeon, but then took up a career as a painter. He moved to Rome around 1840, and practised there both as a landscape painter and art dealer. In the mid-1840s he identified and bought a Michelangelo painting, which he subsequently smuggled out of the...
