ITALY - ROME MACPHERSON (ROBERT TURNBULL) A collection of 8 large views in Rome, and 4 studies of antique sculptures from Roman collections, [c.1860, albumen prints, photographer's blindstamp on mounts [1860s]; together with 22 other large albumen prints of Rome (including 11 by Michele Mang, one by Altobelli), and 8 of other Italian cities, [c.1870s/80s], all mounted on card, mostly approximately 300 x 390mm., and 250 x 195mm.; and 12 other albumen prints, including 6 good views of Geneva by Garcin (54) Fußnoten Scottish painter Robert Macpherson (1814-1872) settled in Rome in the 1830s, and began experimenting in photography in 1851, specialising in views of the city and its artistic treasures. "In 1858 he contributed 120 prints to the exhibition of the Architectural Photographic Association. His earlier experience as a painter proved invaluable in the choice of effective viewpoints, and his interpretations of classical architecture were unsurpassed in their aesthetic power and sophistication" (ODNB).
ITALY - ROME MACPHERSON (ROBERT TURNBULL) A collection of 8 large views in Rome, and 4 studies of antique sculptures from Roman collections, [c.1860, albumen prints, photographer's blindstamp on mounts [1860s]; together with 22 other large albumen prints of Rome (including 11 by Michele Mang, one by Altobelli), and 8 of other Italian cities, [c.1870s/80s], all mounted on card, mostly approximately 300 x 390mm., and 250 x 195mm.; and 12 other albumen prints, including 6 good views of Geneva by Garcin (54) Fußnoten Scottish painter Robert Macpherson (1814-1872) settled in Rome in the 1830s, and began experimenting in photography in 1851, specialising in views of the city and its artistic treasures. "In 1858 he contributed 120 prints to the exhibition of the Architectural Photographic Association. His earlier experience as a painter proved invaluable in the choice of effective viewpoints, and his interpretations of classical architecture were unsurpassed in their aesthetic power and sophistication" (ODNB).
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