Ashby Collection. Prints
[Page 21 of Le rovine del castello dell'Acqua Giulia ... with decorated letter “U”]
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
[1761]
1 print : etching ; 54 x 37,5 cm.
At the bottom of the image: In Collegio Romano PP. Soc. Iesu. Page 21 of Le rovine del castello dell'Acqua Giulia, published by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1761. Text title: Delle cautele usate dagli antichi nella concessione e distribuzione delle Acque. Title devised by the cataloguer. Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.
Focillon, 398 Wilton-Ely, 531
Digitisation sponsored by Clare Hornsby 2021
AntiquitiesPictorial worksInitialsPipes (Conduits)
RomeRomaLazioItaly
1760-1770
Etchings
British School at Rome
TA[PRI]-GBP01-002
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One of the loose prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi originally belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.
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