Coliseum from Palatine, Rome – Historic Reproduction
![Coliseum from Palatine, Rome, [ca. 1904-1908] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/38/38272575ec1b-L.webp)
(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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This historic drawing of Coliseum from Palatine, Rome brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Coliseum from Palatine, Rome
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Drawn from the Palatine Hill, this view looks across the ruins of ancient Rome toward the Colosseum, a vantage that places the amphitheater among the broken walls and tumbled stone of the imperial palace grounds. Joseph Pennell, the American illustrator and printmaker, made it in pastel and pencil on brown paper around 1904 to 1908, during the years he traveled in Italy. The sheet belongs to a group of Italian drawings tied to Henry James's *Italian Hours*, though the record notes that this one was never reproduced in that book. Pennell's pencil signature on the reverse identifies its maker.
| Created / published | [ca. 1904-1908] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pastel crayon, pencil ; sheet 29.2 x 23 cm. |
| Notes | Reverse signature in pencil, LC: Jo Pennell. Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and paintings, follows indexed group of drawings published in James' Italian Hours with annotation: the following drawings done at this time, but not reproduced. Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316.1381). Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Needs housing. Needs surface cleaning. Needs hinge removal (6 hrs.). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,207 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145867 |
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