Artist Monograph

Robert Macpherson, British

British, 1811–1872

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Production by Decade

3

0s

4

1850s

5

1860s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	100%

Range: 36.0 cm → 42.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1976	4
1977	1
1982	1
1984	1
1985	2
1986	3

Recurring Subjects & Themes

Landscapes · 3
Waterfalls · 2
Theatre · 1
Buildings · 1
Hermaphrodites · 1
Cloisters · 1
Columns · 1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Porta Lau Lorenzo Photograph Acc. 345.1976	n.d.	Albumen silver print	15 13/16 × 12 3/16" (40.2 × 31.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Exchange
RUINS OF NEPI-HUNTING SEAT OF LUCRETIA BORGIA Photograph Acc. 344.1976	n.d.	Albumen silver print	15 7/8 × 12 1/2" (40.2 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
TOMB OF CECILIA METELLA Photograph Acc. 343.1976	n.d.	Albumen silver print	14 9/16 × 11 5/8" (37.0 × 29.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Claudian Aqueduct Photograph Acc. 342.1976	1850-63	Albumen silver print	11 × 15 3/4" (27.9 × 40.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
FORUM OF NERVA Photograph Acc. 204.1985	c. 1855-60	Albumen silver print from a glass negative	14 7/8 × 10 1/2" (37.9 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
TEMPLE OF VESTA Photograph Acc. 205.1985	c. 1855-60	Albumen silver print from a glass negative	12 1/8 × 15 5/8" (30.9 × 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
THE THEATER OF MARCELLUS, FROM THE PIAZZA MONTANARA, ROME Photograph Acc. 98.1984	c. 1855	Albumen silver print from a glass negative	16 1/16 × 11 1/4" (40.8 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Paul Katz
BAS RELIEF ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ARCH OF TITUS, ROME Photograph Acc. 378.1977	c. 1860	Albumen silver print	14 1/2 × 11 1/8" (36.9 × 28.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
FALLS AT TIVOLI, ITALY Photograph Acc. 88.1986	c. 1860	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	11 3/8 × 15" (29 × 38.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of John C. Waddell
Ruin of Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome Photograph Acc. 89.1986	c. 1860	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	10 1/8 × 15 7/8" (25.7 × 40.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of John C. Waddell
ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL Photograph Acc. 84.1982	c. 1860	Albumen silver print from a glass negative	irregular 13 1/4 × 16 11/16" (33.6 × 42.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Bonnie Benrubi
THE DYING GAUL, ROME Photograph Acc. 87.1986	c. 1860	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	9 1/8 × 14 1/8" (23.3 × 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of John C. Waddell

The Met (CC0 Open Access) — 6 records

Title / Object	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Culture / Geography	Department	Rights
Cloaca Maxima Photograph	by 1858	Albumen silver print from glass negative	Image: 31 x 37.2 cm (12 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Cloisters of St. Paul's, the Basilica, Outside the Walls of Rome Photograph	by 1858	Albumen silver print from glass negative	Image: 34.8 x 25.8 cm (13 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Mount (2nd): 52 x 36.8 cm (20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Theater of Marcellus, from the Piazza Montanara Photograph	by 1858	Albumen silver print from glass negative	Image: 41.9 x 27.4 cm (16 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Valley of the Anio, with the Upper and Lower Cascatelle, Mecenas's Villa, and Distant Campagna Photograph Wikidata	by 1858	Albumen silver print from glass negative	Image: 30.6 x 40.1 cm (12 1/16 x 15 13/16 in.), oval Mount: 49.4 x 64.7 cm (19 7/16 x 25 1/2 in.)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Falls of Terni Photograph	ca. 1860	Albumen silver print from glass negative	Image: 27.6 x 37.7 cm (10 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.), oval Mount: 49.5 x 60.6 cm (19 1/2 x 23 7/8 in.)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Hermaphrodite Photograph	ca. 1861	Albumen silver print from glass negative	Image: 6 3/8 in. × 13 in. (16.2 × 33 cm) Mount: 18 5/8 × 24 5/8 in. (47.3 × 62.5 cm)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata