Macpherson, Robert, 1815 or 1816-1872

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Robert Macpherson was a surgeon from Edinburgh, Scotland who moved to Italy to become a painter in the early 1840s; from 1851 onward, he became an innovator in architectural photography, producing mammoth plate photographs of Rome and Tivoli. He also produced art reproduction photographs of sculpture.

From the description of Robert Macpherson Collection. [1856]-1863. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 191957051

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associatedWith Bonnemaison, Joachim 1943- person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Greece
Brisbane (Qld.)
Italy--Tivoli
Queensland
Rome (Italy)
Tivoli (Italy)
Italy
Vatican City
Queensland--Brisbane
Rome
Italy--Rome
Australia
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Amphitheaters
Aqueducts
Archaeological sites
Art museums
Bas-relief
Churches
Classical antiquities
Dwellings
Men
Men in art
Nudes
Roman temples
Sawmills
Sculpture, Ancient
Sculpture, Roman
Sewerage
Streets
Triumphal arches
Waterfalls
Occupation
Photographers
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Birth 1814

Death 1872-11-17

Britons

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