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The 'Tomb of Nero', via Cassia, Rome
Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista
History note: General Sir George Cockburn; Shanganagh Library; Spencer George Perceval
Height: 222 mm
Width: 166 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
Busiri Vici, p. 106, pl. 125. A gouache of 'Nero's Tomb' is at Felbrigg Hall, Norwich; another drawing of it is f.83 of the Fitzwilliam sketch-book and there is another drawing of it by Busiri in the British Museum, wrongly stated in Busiri Vici (pl. 126) to be in the Fitzwilliam.
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper
Accession number: 3693 f.34
Primary reference Number: 9807
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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