The Pyramids of Caius Cestius (from: A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity)

 

James A. Merigot

  1760 - 1824 (biography)

1796 , published in 1798 

aquatint with hand coloring 

8 1/16 x 10 7/8" platemark; 5-11/16 x 8-13/16" image 

publication line beneath title 

not stated 

Titled beneath image 

Blake Collection 1211 

J Whatman Turkey Mill, antique-white wove. 

published 

J. Merigot and R. Edwards 

18376 

SOLD

This is a hand colored aquatint by James A. Merigot and was published by Merigot and Robert Edwards (1768-1827) in London in 1798 as a portfolio titled: "A SELECT COLLECTION OF VIEWS AND RUINS IN ROME AND ITS VICINITY; EXECUTED FROM DRAWINGS MADE UPON THE SPOT IN THE YEAR 1791" The portfolio consisted of 59 plates, printed on J. Whatman paper. Each image has a typeset title and the publication line, which in this case, reads: "London, Pub’d Dec’r 7 1796 by J. Merigot, No 28 Haymarket, & R. Edwards 142 New Bond Street.” The pyramid tomb was built for Caius Cestius between 18 and 12 BC in Rome near the Porta San Paolo and was rediscovered in 1660 but had been plundered in antiquity.