Title
[Reconstruction of the course of the Tuscan Aqueduct].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[between 1694 and 1696]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and graphite ; sheet 27 x 41.5 cm
Description
Plan of the area of Lazio crossed by the Tuscan Aqueduct, with reconstruction of its course from Tolfa to Civitavecchia by the Tyrrhenian Sea and indication of rivers and villages; scale within ribbon and empty tablet within laurel wreath. On two sheets.
Place
Lazio (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in one of the three volumes of drawings by Carlo Fontana formerly in the collection of Cardinal Albani, acquired by James Adam for George III in 1762 and later transferred to his Geographical Collections. The drawings are preceded by a blank page annotated: 'Drawn Sketches of Civita Vecchia, its ancient Buildings & Neighbouring Country by Fontana 1694'. Probably made in connection with 'the short unillustrated book [Fontana] published in 1710 on Porto d'Anzio, Antio e sue Antichita_" (see Braham, A., and Hager, H., Carlo Fontana: The Drawings at Windsor Castle, London, 1977, p. 132). For the same map with index and names of places, see previous page in the same volume."
Shelfmark
118.e.14.