Stables of Mecoenas's Villa (from: A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity)

 

James A. Merigot

  1760 - 1824 (biography)

1798  

aquatint with handcoloring 

5 7/8 x 9 1/8" image size; 8-1/8 x 11-1/8" platemark 

name engraved in publication line below title 

unstated 

title and publisher's information engraved below image 

 

antique-white J Whatman Turkey Mill wove 

published 

J. Merigot & R. Edwards 

20483 

$200.00 

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 Dec’r 7 1796 by J. Merigot, No 28 Haymarket, & R. Edwards 142 New Bond Street.” Near Tivoli, through the Porta Oscura, or the gate that leads to Rome, the ruins of the celebrated Villa of Mecenas stand a little to the left, on the banks of the Teverone. A branch of the river pours through the arched gallery and vaulted cellars; and shakes the edifice as it passes along. The Cardinal Ruffo, during the reign of Pius VI, turned it into a foundry.