A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot
A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity, published in London in 1815 and drawn from the spot by J. Mérigot, is a set of aquatint plates aimed at collectors and travellers wanting topographic views of the city. The plates show Roman temples, ruined monuments, villas and streets rendered in soft tonal sepia, with the images printed sideways on the page; a designer might borrow their layered atmospheric depth, broad sky and worn classical architecture as period scenery.
