Fountain of Neptune

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: 28.8 × 37.5 cm (11 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.); Mount: 40.2 × 45.5 cm (15 7/8 × 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.: 1961.872.26

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