Title Page, Ruines de Rome, from A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome

Hand-colored aquatint title page showing a stone archway with carved, patterned borders and trailing ivy, framing the words "RUINES DE ROME" in capitals. Beneath, a tall obelisk rises above a grassy plain with ruined arches and a distant domed building under a pale sky.

Artist

James Merigot

Date

1796/98

Medium

Hand-colored aquatint on paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2288 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Isaac K. Friedman