Campidoglio, Rome - Period Sepia Photographic Print - Late 19th Century

Period sepia-toned photographic print of the cordonata of the Campidoglio in Rome, Michelangelo's great stepped ramp, flanked below by the Egyptian lions and above by the statues of the Dioscuri, with the clock tower of the Palazzo Senatorio beyond and the Capitoline palaces on either side.

Titled in the negative "101. Campidoglio Roma", as part of a commercial series of views of Rome, and inscribed in pen on the back "Campidoglio – Roma". A travel souvenir of late 19th-century Rome.

Medium: Sepia-toned photographic print.
Date: Last quarter of the 19th century.
Source: Commercial series of views of Rome, No. 101.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 in (26.6 x 21 cm).
Condition: Poor. Paper heavily toned, with large losses at the right edge, tears all round the edges and marked creases. The image survives complete.