This collection of images features archaeological sites in Rome and its environs, including ruins on the Roman Forum (Forum Romanum), such as the Arches of Titus and Septimus Severus; the Basilica Julia and Tabularium; Cloaca Maxima (drainage sewers); the Column of Phocas (Focas); Temples of Antoninus & Faustina, Castor & Pollux, Saturn, Vespasian, and Vesta; as well as both interior and exterior views of the Colosseum, and the nearby Arch of Constantine. Additional views of Rome include the Capitoline and Palantine Hills; the "so-called" Temple of Vesta (Hercules Victor); a part of the Theatre of Marcellus, seen from Via de Sugherari; Trajan's Column (a.k.a. Antonine Column?) and Trajan's Forum (Basilica Ulpia); the Arch of the Goldsmiths; Trevi Fountain; the Via Baccina streetcorner at the Roman Forum's edge; as well as Piazzas Barbarini, del Popolo (with its Egyptian column), di Campidoglio, di Spagna, and Quirinale (detail of the Horsetamers); Monte Pincio; and a view of some umbrella pine trees. Examples of more recent architecture are St. Peter's Cathedral, the Ponte and Castel San Angelo, SS Nome di Maria and Santa Maria di Loreto, Santa Trinita dei Monti, and the 13th century A.D. cloisters at San Paolo Fuori. Images made at Tivoli comprise scenes of numerous waterfalls or "Cascatelle," Maecenas' Villa, the Temple of the Sibyl (or Vesta), and Villa d'Este. Single or small groups of images are included of such places as Assisi, Narnia, Perugia, the falls of Terni, the Appian Way (Via Appia), and possibly Bergamo and Siena; one particularly interesting view is a landscape with ruins of a Claudian aqueduct along the road from Rome to Naples. The collection also includes photographs of sculptures, from bas-relief on triumphal arches and other monuments, to statuary and portrait busts displayed at either the Vatican or Capitoline museums, or Museo Nacionale in Naples. Most were individually photographed with darkened background and include busts of Antoninus and Titus; herm of Socrates; statues of Aristide, Asklepios, Dionysius, Discobolus, Domitian, Genio, Hercules, Leda and the swan, Livia, Marcus Aurelius, Meleager, Emperor Nerva, Paris with the apple, the Capitoline Venus, Venus Genetrix, and Venus & Eros; plus the Dying Gladiator (or the Dying Gaul), the Lacoon Group, a Lizard Slayer, and unidentified sculptures such as Man in Toga, Nude Youth, and others. There is also a view of the Vatican Sculpture Gallery. Each print is mounted on heavy paper, with several of the mounts bearing Macpherson's embossed, numbered insignia.
