Columns of the Forum of Nerva and 'Arco dei Pantani', Rome
Albumen print, 1858
9/10, minor edge fading; 407 x 293mm, mounted
$2500.
By common consent, Macpherson was considered both at the time and also today, to be one of the greatest early 19th century photographers of Rome. The prints bears Macpherson's blind stamp on the mount and is numbered 7, which appears in the photographer's 1858 catalogue and those thereafter.