L. CARACCIOLO (*1761) after WILKINS (*1767), Forum... Lot 360

L. CARACCIOLO (*1761) after WILKINS (*1767), Forum of Pompeii, 1819, Aquatint Ludovico Caracciolo (1761 Rome - 1842 ) after Henry Wilkins (1767 - 1847 ): Forum of Pompeii, ruins of the ancient city on Mount Vesuvius, 1819, Aquatint Technique: Aquatint on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "H. Wilkins del. / L. Caracciolo inc.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Extrêmité du Forum au S.". Date: 1819 Description: The engraving illustrates an ancient landscape of ruins in the centre of Pompeii, harmoniously embedded in a mountainous environment. Crumbling columns and architectural elements dominate the picture, interspersed with a few figures that emphasise the former splendour. Source: Henry Wilkins (1767 -1847 ) Suite de vues pittoresques des ruines de Pompeii et un précis historique de la ville, avec un plan des fouilles qui ont été faites jusqu'en février 1819 et une description des objets les plus intéressants / par Henry Wilkins, 1819 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Pompeii; Campania; Vesuvius; art history; engraving; ruins; antiquity; architecture; columns; mountain landscape; figures; decay; illustration; printmaking; classicism; historicism; archaeology; architectural remains; atmosphere; ruins; perspective; documentation; transience, 19th century, Romanticism, Cities, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian), Size: Paper: 31,0 cm x 41,3 cm (12,2 x 16,3 in), Plate: 27,0 cm x 36,7 cm (10,6 x 14,4 in), Depiction: 24,4 cm x 34,0 cm (9,6 x 13,4 in)