Sujet

The Temple of Hercules Victor and the Fountain of the Tritons, Rome, c1858. Creator: Jane Martha St. John.

Légende

The Temple of Hercules Victor and the Fountain of the Tritons, Rome, c1858. The temple, dated to the later 2nd century BCE, is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade. Building of the fountain, designed by Carlo Bizzaccheri, commenced in 1717. Horse and carriage on the left. Jane Martha St. John (1801-1882) was an early English photographer who made over 100 photographs in the late 1850s when travelling with her husband in Italy.

Date

1858

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/©National Museum of Wales

Notre référence

HRM26A27_207

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

23.3Mo (962.4Ko) / 27.5cm x 21.2cm / 3252 x 2508 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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