Finding aid for Macpherson's Vatican Sculptures 91.R.3
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2020
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Macpherson's Vatican Sculptures
Creator:
Macpherson, Robert, 1815 or 1816-1872
Identifier/Call Number: 91.R.3
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 album containing 130 photographs)
Date: 1863?
Abstract: An album of 130 albumen photgraphs by Robert Macpherson of Greek and Roman sculpture held in the
Vatican Museum, along with installation views of six of the halls housing the sculpture. The album documents the museum as
it was arranged in the
1860s.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1989?
Digitized Material
The collection was digitzed by the repository in 2020 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/91r3
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Macpherson's Vatican Sculptures, 1863.
Biographical / Historical
Robert MacPherson was a Scottish painter turned photographer and some-time art dealer, active in Rome from 1851 until his
death. While he produced
views of Rome's classical ruins, churches, fountains, piazzas and villas, and of the Roman Campagna and surrounding towns,
McPherson's main interest was
in photographing sculpture. He was the first to photograph the interior of the Vatican palace, and he had ambitions to photograph
not only all of the
Vatican's significant sculptures, but all of the major sculpture collections in Rome.
In 1863 MacPherson published his
Vatican Sculptures, Selected and Arranged in the Order in Which They Are Found in the
Galleries
(London: Chapman & Hall) containing 125 wood engravings based on his photographs by his wife, Geralidine. At the same time
he
issued an album of 126 photographs of Vatican sculptures.
Preferred Citation
Mcpherson's Vatican Sculptures, 1863, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 91.R.3.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa91r3
Processing Information
Beth Ann Guynn wrote the finding aid in 2020.
Scope and Contents
The album contains 126 albumen photographs by Robert Macpherson of Greek and Roman sculpture held in the Vatican Museum (
Museo Pio-Clementino). The
album is organized by the halls in which the sculptures are displayed, and installation views of six of the halls (Braccio
Nuovo, Chiaramonte, Hall of
the Animals, Hall of Statues, Hall of the Greek Cross, and the Hall of the Candelabra) precede the images of their respective
contents. The album
documents the museum as it was arranged in the 1860s.
The album is velum-bound with a gilt-stamped red leather title plate on its spine which also has banding and the photographer's
name directly
gilt-stamped onto it. An inventory number (?) is inked above the title plate. The back paste-down bears a shelf label: Accession
No. 3744; Date 1901.
The album was assembled and bound for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
A list entitled "Macpherson's Vatican Sculptures, Printed and Published in London by Emily Faithful," serves as the title
page to the album. Numbers
pencilled on the mounts below the images correspond to this inventory, and the titles of the individual photgraphs are taken
directly from this list.
Nine mounts bear the blind stamp: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in the center of
the oval).
The versos of the mounts bear the Boston Museum of Fine Arts wet stamp in their centers: M. F. A. (enclosed in an oval), and
printed M. F. A. labels,
with the object number inked in, are adhered to the upper left corners, occasionally with annotations pencilled next to them.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs, Original.
Albumen prints -- Italy -- 19th century
Classical antiquities
Sculpture, Greek
Sculpture, Roman
Art museums -- Vatican City
Sculpture, Ancient -- Vatican City
Museo Pio-Clementino (Vatican City)
Macpherson's Vatican Sculptures Series I.
Macpherson's Vatican Sculptures, (digitized version): 1863?
Arrangement
In original order.
box 1, page front endpapers
Front endpapers 91.R.3-fe
box 1, page front free
endpapers
Free front endpapers 91.R.3-fe
box 1, page verso of front free
endpaper
Verso of free front endpaper 91.R.3-fev
box 1, page verso of title page
Verso of title page 91.R.3-fev
box 1, page 1 verso
Braccia Nuovo verso 91.R.3-Av
box 1, page 2 recto
Caryatide 91.R.3-1
Scope and Contents
Numbered 3(?) on base.
box 1, page 2 verso
Caryatide verso 91.R.3-1v
box 1, page 3 recto
Dacian Captive 91.R.3-2
Scope and Contents
Numbered 9 on base.
box 1, page 3 verso
Dacian Captive verso 91.R.3-2v
box 1, page 4 recto
Silenus Nursing Bacchus 91.R.3-3
box 1, page 4 verso
Silenus Nursing Bacchus verso 91.R.3-3v
box 1, page 5 recto
Antinous with the Attributes of Vertumnus 91.R.3-4
box 1, page 5 verso
Antinous with the Attributes of Vertumnus verso 91.R.3-4v
box 1, page 6 verso
Æsculapius verso 91.R.3-5v
box 1, page 7 recto
Pudicitia, or Livia 91.R.3-6
box 1, page 7 verso
Pudicitia, or Livia verso 91.R.3-6v
box 1, page 9 verso
Caryatide verso 91.R.3-8v
box 1, page 10 recto
Diana Contemplating Endymion 91.R.3-9
box 1, page 10 verso
Diana Contemplating Endymion verso 91.R.3-9v
box 1, page 11 verso
Euripides verso 91.R.3-10v
box 1, page 12 recto
Julia, Daughter of Titus 91.R.3-11
box 1, page 12 verso
Julia, Daughter of Titus verso 91.R.3-11v
box 1, page 14 verso
Demosthenes verso 91.R.3-13v
box 1, page 15 verso
Apoxyomenos verso 91.R.3-14v
box 1, page 16 verso
Wounded Amazon verso 91.R.3-15v
box 1, page 19 recto
Venus Anadyomene 91.R.3-18
box 1, page 19 verso
Venus Anadyomene verso 91.R.3-18v
box 1, page 20 verso
The River Nile verso 91.R.3-19v
box 1, page 21 recto
Tauric (Crimean) Diana 91.R.3-20
Scope and Contents
Entry continues: ...sometimes called the Juno Regina
box 1, page 21 verso
Tauric (Crimean) Diana verso 91.R.3-20v
box 1, page 22 verso
Minerva Medica verso 91.R.3-21v
box 1, page 23 recto
Dacian Captive 91.R.3-22
Scope and Contents
Numbered 18 on base.
box 1, page 23 verso
Dacian Captive verso 91.R.3-22v
box 1, page 24 recto
Faun of Praxiteles 91.R.3-23
box 1, page 24 verso
Faun of Praxiteles verso 91.R.3-23v
box 1, page 25 verso
Lucius Verus verso 91.R.3-24v
box 1, page 26 verso
Chiaramonte verso 91.R.3-Bv
box 1, page 27 recto
Fragment of a Draped Female Statue 91.R.3-25
box 1, page 27 verso
Fragment of a Draped Female Statue verso 91.R.3-25v
box 1, page 28 recto
Juno Nursing Mars, or Hercules 91.R.3-26
box 1, page 28 verso
Juno Nursing Mars, or Hercules verso 91.R.3-26v
box 1, page 29 recto
The Theban Hercules 91.R.3-27
box 1, page 29 verso
The Theban Hercules verso 91.R.3-27v
box 1, page 30 recto
Venus from the Bath 91.R.3-28
box 1, page 30 verso
Venus from the Bath verso 91.R.3-28v
box 1, page 31 recto
Latona in Delos 91.R.3-29
box 1, page 31 verso
Latona in Delos 91.R.3-29v
box 1, page 32 recto
Venus from the Bath 91.R.3-30
Scope and Contents
Number 354 on base.
box 1, page 32 verso
Venus from the Bath 91.R.3-30v
box 1, page 33 recto
Tiberius Seated, Wearing the Civic Crown 91.R.3-31
box 1, page 33 verso
Tiberius Seated, Wearing the Civic Crown verso 91.R.3-31v
box 1, page 34 recto
Bust of the Young Augustus 91.R.3-32
box 1, page 34 verso
Bust of the Young Augustus verso 91.R.3-32v
box 1, page 35 recto
Draped Female Statue 91.R.3-33
box 1, page 35 verso
Draped Female Statue 91.R.3-33v
box 1, page 36 verso
Diadumenianus verso 91.R.3-34v
box 1, page 37 recto
Portrait-Statue of Tiberius Seated 91.R.3-35
box 1, page 37 verso
Portrait-Statue of Tiberius Seated verso 91.R.3-35v
box 1, page 38 recto
Cupid of Praxiteles 91.R.3-36
box 1, page 38 verso
Cupid of Praxiteles verso 91.R.3-36v
box 1, page 39 recto
[Three Busts] 91.R.3-373839
Scope and Contents
The photograph represents numbers 37-39 on Macpherson's list, respectively: Bust of Cato; Bust of Aridadne; Bust, Called a
Meleager. Two
unidentified smaller busts are also included in the image.
box 1, page 39 verso
[Three Busts] verso 91.R.3-373839v
box 1, page 41 recto
Cuirass and Head of Drusus 91.R.3-41
box 1, page 41 verso
Cuirass and Head of Drusus 91.R.3-41v
box 1, page 42 verso
Venus Gabina verso 91.R.3-42v
box 1, page 43 recto
Hercules and Telephus 91.R.3-43
box 1, page 43 verso
Hercules and Telephus verso 91.R.3-43v
box 1, page 44 recto
Hygeia, Fragment of a Group 91.R.3-44
box 1, page 44 verso
Hygeia, Fragment of a Group verso 91.R.3-44v
box 1, page 45 recto
Hercules in Repose 91.R.3-45
box 1, page 45 verso
Hercules in Repose verso 91.R.3-45v
box 1, page 46 recto
The Egyptian Antinous 91.R.3-46
box 1, page 46 verso
The Egyptian Aninous verso 91.R.3-46v
box 1, page 47 recto
The Torso of Belvedere 91.R.3-47
box 1, page 47 verso
The Torso of Belvedere verso 91.R.3-47v
box 1, page 48 recto
Fragment of a Draped Male Figure with Greek Sandals 91.R.3-48
box 1, page 48 verso
Fragment of a Draped Male Figure with Greek Sandals verso 91.R.3-48v
box 1, page 49 recto
Fragment of a Draped Male Torso 91.R.3-49
box 1, page 49 verso
Fragment of a Draped Male Torso verso 91.R.3-49v
box 1, page 50 recto
Fragment of a Seated Female Figure Draped 91.R.3-50
box 1, page 50 verso
Fragment of a Seated Female Figure Draped verso 91.R.3-50v
box 1, page 51 verso
The Meleager verso 91.R.3-51v
box 1, page 52 recto
A Sarcophagus, Bacchic Dance 91.R.3-52
box 1, page 52 verso
A Sarcophagus, Bacchic Dance 91.R.3-52v
box 1, page 53 recto
Venus and Cupid 91.R.3-53
box 1, page 53 verso
Venus and Cupid verso 91.R.3-53v
box 1, page 54 recto
The Mercury of the Belvedere 91.R.3-54
box 1, page 54 verso
The Mercury of the Belvedere verso 91.R.3-54v
box 1, page 55 recto
Fragment of a Draped Female Figure on a Dolphin 91.R.3-55
box 1, page 55 verso
Fragment of a Draped Female Figure on a Dolphin verso 91.R.3-55v
box 1, page 56 verso
The Laocöon verso 91.R.3-56v
box 1, page 57 recto
Hygeia or Isis Salutaria 91.R.3-57
box 1, page 57 verso
Hygeia or Isis Salutaria verso 91.R.3-57v
box 1, page 58 recto
Apollo Belvedere 91.R.3-58
box 1, page 58 verso
Apollo Belvedere verso 91.R.3-58v
box 1, page 59 recto
Hall of the Animals 91.R.3-C
box 1, page 59 verso
Hall of the Animals verso 91.R.3-Cv
box 1, page 60 recto
A Mitthraic Group 91.R.3-59
box 1, page 60 verso
A Mitthraic Group verso 91.R.3-59v
box 1, page 61 recto
Triton Bearing off a Nymph 91.R.3-60
box 1, page 61 verso
Triton Bearing off a Nymph verso 91.R.3-60v
box 1, page 62 recto
Hall of the Statues 91.R.3-D
box 1, page 62 verso
Hall of the Statues verso 91.R.3-Dv
box 1, page 63 recto
Clodius Albinus 91.R.3-61
box 1, page 63 verso
Clodius Albinus verso 91.R.3-61v
box 1, page 64 recto
Cupid 91.R.3-62
Scope and Contents
List entry continues: (a fragment called the genius of the Vatican).
box 1, page 65 verso
Penelope verso 91.R.3-63v
box 1, page 66 verso
Caius Caligula verso 91.R.3-64v
box 1, page 67 recto
Apollo Saurocthonos 91.R.3-65
box 1, page 67 verso
Apollo Saurocthonos verso 91.R.3-6v5
box 1, page 68 recto
Amazon Stringing Her Bow 91.R.3-66
box 1, page 68 verso
Amazon Stringing Her Bow 91.R.3-66v
box 1, page 69 recto
The Drunken Faun 91.R.3-67
box 1, page 69 verso
The Drunken Faun verso 91.R.3-67v
box 1, page 70 verso
Posidippus verso 91.R.3-68v
box 1, page 71 recto
Bust of Menelaus 91.R.3-69
box 1, page 71 verso
Bust of Menelaus verso 91.R.3-69v
box 1, page 72 recto
Bust of Nero Citharedo 91.R.3-70
box 1, page 72 verso
Bust of Nero Citharedo verso 91.R.3-70v
box 1, page 73 verso
Menander verso 91.R.3-71 verso
box 1, page 74 verso
A Danaide verso 91.R.3-72v
box 1, page 75 recto
Ariadne in Naxos 91.R.3-73
box 1, page 75 verso
Ariadne in Naxos verso 91.R.3-73v
box 1, page 76 recto
Bas-relief of Theseus Abandoning Ariadne 91.R.3-74
box 1, page 76 verso
Bas-relief of Theseus Abandoning Ariadne verso 91.R.3-74v
box 1, page 77 recto
Lucius Verus, Portrait-Statue in Armour 91.R.3-75
box 1, page 77 verso
Lucius Verus, Portrait-Statue in Armour verso 91.R.3-75v
box 1, page 79 recto
The Crouching Venus 91.R.3-77
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 79 verso
The Crouching Venus verso 91.R.3-77v
box 1, page 80 verso
Diana Lucifera verso 91.R.3-78v
box 1, page 81 recto
Faun in Rosso Antico 91.R.3-79
box 1, page 81 verso
Faun in Rosso Antico verso 91.R.3-79v
box 1, page 83 recto
Bacchus in Female Attire 91.R.3-81
box 1, page 83 verso
Bacchus in Female Attire verso 91.R.3-81v
box 1, page 84 recto
Melpomene, the Tragic Muse 91.R.3-82
box 1, page 84 verso
Melpomene, the Tragic Muse verso 91.R.3-82v
box 1, page 85 recto
Thalia, the Comic Muse 91.R.3-83
box 1, page 85 verso
Thalia, the Comic Muse verso 91.R.3-83v
box 1, page 86 recto
Urania, the Muse of Astronomy 91.R.3-84
box 1, page 86 verso
Urania, the Muse of Astronomy verso 91.R.3-84v
box 1, page 87 recto
Clio, the Historic Muse 91.R.3-85
box 1, page 87 verso
Clio, the Historic Muse verso 91.R.3-85v
box 1, page 88 recto
Polyhymnia, the Mimic Muse, also of Sacred Hymn 91.R.3-86
box 1, page 88 verso
Polyhymnia, the Mimic Muse, also of Sacred Hymn verso 91.R.3-86v
box 1, page 89 reto
Erato, the Lyric Muse 91.R.3-87
box 1, page 89 verso
Erato, the Lyric Muse verso 91.R.3-87v
box 1, page 90 recto
Calliope, the Epic Muse 91.R.3-88
box 1, page 90 verso
Calliope, the Epic Muse verso 91.R.3-88v
box 1, page 91 recto
Apollo Musagete, or Citharedo 91.R.3-89
box 1, page 91 verso
Apollo Musagete, or Citharedo 91.R.3-89v
box 1, page 92 recto
Bust or Herma of Themistocles 91.R.3-90
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 92 verso
Bust or Herma of Themistocles verso 91.R.3-90v
box 1, page 93 recto
Terpischore, Muse of the Sacred Dance 91.R.3-91
box 1, page 93 verso
Terpischore, Muse of the Sacred Dance verso 91.R.3-91v
box 1, page 94 recto
Euterpe, the Muse of Music 91.R.3-92
box 1, page 94 verso
Euterpe, the Muse of Music verso 91.R.3-92v
box 1, page 95 verso
Aspasia Veiled 91.R.3-93v
box 1, page 97 verso
Pericles verso 91.R.3-95v
box 1, page 99 recto
Comedy 91.R.3-97
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 99 verso
Comedy verso 91.R.3-97v
Scope and Contents
Blindstamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 100 recto
Bust of the Jupiter of Otricoli 91.R.3-98
box 1, page 100 verso
Bust of the Jupiter of Otricoli verso 91.R.3-98v
box 1, page 101 recto
The Antinous, Late of the Lateran 91.R.3-99
box 1, page 101 verso
The Antinous, Late of the Lateran verso 91.R.3-99v
box 1, page 102 recto
Bust of Faustina 91.R.3-100
box 1, page 102 verso
Bust of Faustina verso 91.R.3-100v
box 1, page 103 recto
The Veiled Augustus 91.R.3-101
box 1, page 103 verso
The Veiled Augustus verso 91.R.3-101v
box 1, page 104 recto
Bust of Trajan 91.R.3-102
box 1, page 104 verso
Bust of Trajan verso 91.R.3-102v
box 1, page 105 recto
Juno, Called a Ceres 91.R.3-103
box 1, page 105 verso
Juno, Called a Ceres verso 91.R.3-103v
box 1, page 106 recto
Bust of Antinous 91.R.3-104
box 1, page 106 verso
Bust of Antinous verso 91.R.3-104v
box 1, page 107 recto
Antoninus Pius 91.R.3-105
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 107 verso
Antoninus Pius verso 91.R.3-105v
box 1, page 108 recto
Bust of Oceanus 91.R.3-106
box 1, page 108 verso
Bust of Oceanus verso 91.R.3-106v
box 1, page 109 verso
Nerva Coceius verso 91.R.3-107v
box 1, page 110 recto
Bust of Jupiter Serapis 91.R.3-108
box 1, page 110 verso
Bust of Jupiter Serapis verso 91.R.3-108v
box 1, page 111 recto
Ceres, (Known as the Barberini Juno) 91.R.3-109
box 1, page 111 verso
Ceres, (Known as the Barberini Juno) verso 91.R.3-109v
box 1, page 112 recto
Bust of Claudius 91.R.3-110
box 1, page 112 verso
Bust of Claudius verso 91.R.3-110v
box 1, page 113 verso
Juno Sospita verso 91.R.3-111v
box 1, page 114 verso
Plotina, Bust verso 91.R.3-112v
box 1, page 115 recto
Domna Julia , Bust 91.R.3-113
box 1, page 115 verso
Plotina, Bust verso 91.R.3-113v
box 1, page 116 recto
Bacchus and Faun 91.R.3-114
box 1, page 116 verso
Bacchus and Faun verso 91.R.3-114v
box 1, page 117 recto
Bust of Publius Elvius Pertinax 91.R.3-115
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 117 verso
Bust of Publius Elvius Pertinax verso 91.R.3-115v
box 1, page 118 recto
Hall of the Greek Cross 91.R.3-E
box 1, page 118 verso
Hall of the Greek Cross verso 91.R.3-Ev
box 1, page 119 recto
Venus of Cnidos 91.R.3-116
box 1, page 119 verso
Venus of Cnidos verso 91.R.3-116v
box 1, page 120 recto
The Indian Bacchus 91.R.3-117
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 120 verso
The Indian Bacchus verso 91.R.3-117v
box 1, page 121 verso
Young Athlete verso 91.R.3-118v
box 1, page 122 recto
Portrait Statue, Called Phocian 91.R.3-119
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 122 verso
Portrait Statue, Called Phocian verso 91.R.3-119v
box 1, page 123 recto
The Discobolus of Myron 91.R.3-120
box 1, page 123 verso
The Discobolus of Myron verso 91.R.3-120v
box 1, page 124 recto
The Huntress Diana 91.R.3-121
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 124 verso
The Huntress Diana verso 91.R.3-121v
box 1, page 125 verso
The Biga verso 91.R.3-122v
box 1, page 126 recto
Hall of the Candelabra 91.R.3-F
box 1, page 126 verso
Hall of the Candelabra verso 91.R.3-Fv
box 1, page 127 recto
Diana of Ephesus 91.R.3-123
box 1, page 127 verso
Diana of Ephesus verso 91.R.3-123v
box 1, page 128 recto
The Ancient Fisherman 91.R.3-124
box 1, page 128 verso
The Ancient Fisherman verso 91.R.3-124v
box 1, page 129 verso
Boy and Swan verso 91.R.3-125v
box 1, page 130 recto
Virgin Racer, of the Olympian Games 91.R.3-126
Scope and Contents
Blind stamp on mount: R. McPherson / Rome (in an oval border with photograph number pencilled in center of oval).
box 1, page 130 verso
Virgin Racer, of the Olympian Games verso 91.R.3-126v
box 1, page blank page 2
Blank page (spread) 91.R.3-bl2
box 1, page back endpapers
