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The Roman Forum (© Whitworth Art Gallery)
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© Whitworth Art Gallery

The Roman Forum

Artist: Thomas Manby (1633 - 1695)

Location: Whitworth Art Gallery

Date: 1660 - 1670

Materials: pen & grey ink, grey wash

Dimensions: 33 x 49 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,250 (Total: £5,000)

Vendor: Viscount Boyd of Merton

Review number: 4769 (1999)

Provenance:
Dr Barry Delany; Sotheby's 1872; probably Patrick Allan Fraser; Sotheby's 1931; Squire Gallery.

Description:
View of the Forum, Rome, with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the foreground and the colum of Foca, theTemple of Castor and Pollux, the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, the round Temple of Romulus and the Arch of Titus beyond.

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