Tivoli: the temple of "temple of Tosse" (tussis, cough). Coloured aquatint by M. Dubourg, 1820.

  • Dubourg, Matthew, active 1806-1838.
Date:
1820
Reference:
2935845i
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Description

Men, women and a child are shown in the foreground. The structure called the "Temple of the Cough" may be a tomb, sometimes conjectured to be that of the Turcia or Tossia family

Publication/Creation

London : [J. Taylor], 1820.

Physical description

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 29.7 x 37.4 cm

Lettering

Temple of the dea Tussis. Engraved by M. Dubourg. Bears number: plate 9

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 1, no. 180.9

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2935845i

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