Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[View of St Peter's and the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome] Wednesday [Between 1 and 4 December 1884]

Date
1884
Reference
E-352-q-045
Description

View along the Tiber seen through a stone structure, possibly an archway or window, with vegetation in the left foreground, the Ponte Sant'Angelo with Bernini's sculptures visible in the middle ground and the domes of Saint Peter's in the background.

Extended Title - from his sketchbook, Italy 1884.

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - too high [the artist's note to himself about the proportions of St Peter's]; Recto - bottom left - Wednesday

E.A.Williams was in New Zealand during the mid 1860s, directing the Tauranga-Waikato and Taranaki campaigns of the New Zealand Wars

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook..

Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour 150 x 480 mm.

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Part of
Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Italy 1884 / Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Italy 1884
Format
1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook., Works of art, Watercolours, Cityscapes (Representations), Pencil, crayon and watercolour 150 x 480 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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