Cloaca Maxima, by 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 31 x cm (12 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.), Photographs

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Cloaca Maxima, by 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 31 x cm (12 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.), Photographs, Robert Macpherson (British, Tayside, Scotland 1811–1872 Rome), After studying medicine in Edinburgh, Robert Macpherson left Scotland in the early 1840s and, for reasons of health, settled in Rome. Eventually abandoning medicine, Macpherson gained notoriety as a topographic painter, a connoisseur, and a dealer of art, enjoying a central role among the artists--and later photographers--who frequented the Caffè Greco

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Size: 4831px × 3997px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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