Temple of Minerva Medica (from: A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity)

 

James A. Merigot

  1760 - 1824 (biography)

1793 , published in 1798 

aquatint with hand coloring 

10 7/8 x 8 1/8" platemark; 8-9/16 x 6-1/16" image 

name engraved in publication line beneath title 

not stated 

title and publisher's information engraved beneath image 

Blake Collection 1211 

antique-whit eJ Whatman Turkey Mill watermarked wove 

published 

J. Merigot and R. Edwards 

18371 

$200.00 

This hand colored aquatint by James A. Merigot was published by Merigot and Robert Edwards (1768-1827) in London in 1798 as a portfolio titled: A SELECT COLLECTION OF VIEWS AND RUINS IN ROME AND ITS VICINITY; EXECUTED FROM DRAWINGS MADE UPON THE SPOT IN THE YEAR 1791. The portfolio consisted of 59 plates and was printed on J. Whatman paper. Each image has a typeset title and the publication line which, in this case, reads: London, Published Feb'y 20th 1793 by I.Merigot 28 Haymarket & R. Edwards 142 New Bond Street. Though named for the goddess Minerva (the doctor), this Roman temple is instead, a nymphaeum, a building devoted to nymphs. It is thought to be connected with the water supply of the 4th century and its dome collapsed in 1828.