"Porticus of Octavia, Rome" by Louis C. Rosenberg, (Amer.,1890-1983) Crayon Resist on cream wove similli vellum

on cream wove similli vellum paper

This meticulous control allowed Lalanne to achieve a sense of distance and atmosphere using only line

10-1/4 x 11-3/4

signed in pencil by both James Smillie and by Asher B

"Porticus of Octavia, Rome" by Louis C. Rosenberg, (Amer.,1890-1983) Crayon Resist on cream wove similli vellumLouis C. Rosenberg, Amer., (1890 1983), Porticus of Octavia, Rome, Etching and Drypoint, ca. 1928, Ed. of. 375, for the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, 6 5 8x 5, signed in pencil, on cream laid paper. The Portico of Octavia was constructed ca. 27 BC by Augustus and named for his sister. It still stands in the Circus Flaminius in Rome.