Bridge of Varus (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 

8 1/8 x 10 7/8" platemark; 5-7/8 x 8-7/8" image 

publication line beneath title 

not stated 

Titled beneath image 

Blake Collection 1211 

J Whatman Turkey Mill, antique-white wove. 

published 

J. Merigot and R. Edwards 

18380 

SOLD

This is a hand colored aquatint by James A. Merigot and 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, printed on J. Whatman paper. Each image has a typeset title and the publication line, which in this case, reads: "London, Pub’d Feb’y 20th 1793 by J. Merigot No 28 Haymarket, & R. Edwards 142 New Bond Street.” An ancient bridge dedicated to Publilcus Varus, a Roman politician and general under the Emperor Augustus. He lost 3 Roman Legions and his own life to Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.