The Grotto of Egeria, Rome
Robert MacPherson
c. 1858
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 30.1 × 38.2 cm (11 7/8 × 15 1/16 in.); Mount: 46.4 × 64.1 cm (18 5/16 × 25 1/4 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
158809
About the Artist
Robert MacPherson · 1811–1872
Robert Macpherson (1811–1872) was a Scottish artist who began his career in medicine before pivoting to painting and ultimately pioneering photography in Rome. Born in the Tayside region near Edinburgh, he enrolled at the University of Edinburgh in 1831 to study medicine but left without graduating after four years. He then trained at the Royal Scottish Academy, where he exhibited portraits from 1...