Foro Romano Freso dal Campidoglio
Bound volume
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Maker
Foro Romano Freso dal Campidoglio
From the album Rome to Pompeii
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.8 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 291. FORO ROMANO FRESO DAL CAMPIDOGLIO
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L and R: B. 217 Roman Forum. It was here that some of the most famous \ scenes in the history of the Roman Republic were enacted. The open space \ in the center was the place where popular assemblies were wont to be held. \ In the Forum + its environs building operations and various changes have \ been taking place at intervals for upwards of 2000 years. As early as the 1st \ half of the 6th cent. had begun the war of extermination waged by the Middle \ Ages against paganism. After the systimatic [sic] destruction of the Forum \ its remains were gradually buried beneath debris of four centuries. As \ early as 1519 Raphael formed a plan of restoring the ancient city and especially the Forum The most memorable spot in history of Europe will \ at length be brought fully to light + purged of rubbish heaped upon it by neglect \ of centuries.
Inscribed in black ink on mount, L and R: B. 217 Roman Forum. It was here that some of the most famous \ scenes in the history of the Roman Republic were enacted. The open space \ in the center was the place where popular assemblies were wont to be held. \ In the Forum + its environs building operations and various changes have \ been taking place at intervals for upwards of 2000 years. As early as the 1st \ half of the 6th cent. had begun the war of extermination waged by the Middle \ Ages against paganism. After the systimatic [sic] destruction of the Forum \ its remains were gradually buried beneath debris of four centuries. As \ early as 1519 Raphael formed a plan of restoring the ancient city and especially the Forum The most memorable spot in history of Europe will \ at length be brought fully to light + purged of rubbish heaped upon it by neglect \ of centuries.
