Rome MDCCCXLIX [1849]

Spectacular panorama of the Eternal City taken from the vantage point of the Janiculum Hill.

The panorama is often incorrectly attributed to John Little who was one of the original owners of the Illustrated London News and not an artist. The artist was G. Thomas and the engraver was Walter George Mason who emigrated to Australia soon after engraving the panorama.

In common with many eighteenth and nineteenth-century visitors to Rome, many artists depicted the city from the panoramic views seen from certain elevated vantage points. One of the most famous of these was the Janiculum Hill (or Gianicolo), a ridge of high ground to the west of the River Tiber which offers sweeping vistas across the historical centre of the capital. The most famous vantage points were from San Pietro in Montorio, the Villa Lante, or the oak of Torquato Tasso

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