Who created "[Colosseum, Rome]"?

[Colosseum, Rome] was created by George Wilson Bridges in 1850s.

When was "[Colosseum, Rome]" created?

This artwork was created 1850s.

What medium is "[Colosseum, Rome]"?

[Colosseum, Rome] is Salted paper print from paper negative.

Is "[Colosseum, Rome]" in the public domain?

Yes, [Colosseum, Rome] is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

[Colosseum, Rome]

George Wilson Bridges

1850s

Medium

Salted paper print from paper negative

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1946

Accession Number

46.1.79

Tags

ArchitectureRuins

Art Historical Context

Step into the timeless grandeur of ancient Rome through George Wilson Bridges' *Colosseum, Rome* (1850s), a salted paper print from a paper negative now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Photographs Department. Captured during the mid-19th century, this image showcases the majestic ruins of the Colosseum, an iconic symbol of imperial Rome's engineering prowess and brutal spectacles, where gladiators once clashed amid cheering crowds. Bridges, a British photographer traveling through Europe, employed the pioneering calotype process—invented by William Henry Fox Talbot just a decade ea...

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