[Frontispiece to volume 3 of the Antichità Romane, showing an imaginary depiction of an ancient circus] [graphic] / Gio. Batta. Piranesi inv. dis. e incise.

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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 [artist.]

Contributor(s):

Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 [collector]

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PicturePublication details: [1756]Description: 1 print : etching ; 52,5 x 74 cmSubject(s):

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In: Ashby Collection

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Visual Materials – Prints	British School at Rome Closed Access Material	TA[PRI]-GBP05-032 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not For Loan		BSR21100104

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Frontispiece to volume 3 of the Antichità Romane, published by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756-1757.

Title devised by the cataloguer.

Title on milestone at the lower right: Antiquus Circi Martial. cum monum. adiacentii prospectus ad viam Appiam.

Top right: II. Tom. III; bottom left: Gio. Batta. Piranesi inv. dis. e incise.

Closed access material (Library)

Focillon, 287

Wilton-Ely, 422

Digitisation sponsored by Clare Hornsby 2021

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.