Untitled (Temple of Venus and Rome, Triumphal Arch and other ruins in Forum)

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Robert MacPherson / Scottish, 1811–1872
Date: c. 1857
Medium: Albumen print, from "Photographs of Views of Rome" (c. 1857)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 21.6 × 38.5 cm (8 9/16 × 15 3/16 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 45.5 cm (16 1/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: Scotland
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Accession no.: 1961.872.18

Untitled (Ruins of Roman Forum)
Robert MacPherson
c. 1867 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006627
Coliseum
Robert MacPherson
c. 1867 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006628
Photographs of Views of Rome
Robert MacPherson
c. 1857 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006937
Palace of the Caesars on the Palatine
Robert MacPherson
1860 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006971