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St. Peters and the Vatican / H. Abbot, del. ; J.B. Neagle, sc. – Antique Print

St. Peters and the Vatican / H. Abbot, del. ; J.B. Neagle, sc., [between 1840 and 1870] — antique engraving
St. Peters and the Vatican / H. Abbot, del. ; J.B. Neagle, sc., [between 1840 and 1870]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with St. Peters and the Vatican / H. Abbot, del. ; J.B. Neagle, sc., an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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St. Peters and the Vatican / H. Abbot, del. ; J.B. Neagle, sc.

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This engraving pairs St. Peter's Basilica with the Vatican, the papal complex that sits beside it in Rome. The drawing is credited to H. Abbot and the engraving to J.B. Neagle, and the record dates it only to between 1840 and 1870. Views like this were widely reproduced in that period for books, travel accounts and parlor collections, when many middle-class buyers could not visit Rome in person. The basilica's great dome, completed in the late 16th century after designs associated with Michelangelo, is the element most viewers would expect to dominate such a view.

Created / published[between 1840 and 1870]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreEngravings 1840-1870.
SubjectsBasilica di San Pietro in Vaticano--1840-1870. Basilicas--Vatican City--1840-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,118 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166806

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