- Title:
- The First Plan of Rome, As It Was in the Beginning of Romulus's Reign
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1728
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 inches (36.2 × 22.9 cm), Plate: 11 1/4 × 6 inches (28.6 × 15.2 cm), Image: 10 × 5 5/8 inches (25.4 × 14.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "IR-784/378"; in blue colored pencil, lower left: "Ju6.01"; in graphite over the blue colored pencil, lower left: "n 001"
Stamped mark: Yale University Library
Lettered above image, upper left: "Plate II."; upper right: "Vol 1. Page 22."; upper center: "The first Plan of Rome, as it was in y^e beginning of Romulus's reign."; inside image, upper center: "K"; upper left: "L"; upper center: "C C | B | A | C C"; upper right: "I"; center left: "M"; center: "E | D D | F"; center right: "G H"; below image, lower left: "A. Rome Quadrata; or Rome | as built in a Square form, | according to some."; lower center: "B. The Hill Palatinus. | C. The first Enclosu:^e of Rome. | D. The Asylum. | E. The Temp:^le of y^e Asylaean God. | F. The Hill Capitolinus. | G. The Tyber. | H. The Hill Janiculus | I. The Hill Aventinus | K. The Hill Caelius | L. The Hill Esquilinus | M. The Hill Quirinalis"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1984.21.378
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46300
- Export:
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Formerly James Clark, 19th century, The First Plan of Rome, As It Was in the Beginning of Romulus's Reign, 1728
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