Artist Index: Anderson, James and Tommaso Cuccioni

View of St. Peter's Basilica; Fountain of St. Peter's Square; Interior of St. Peter's; Interior of Vatican. Early 1860s. 4 large-format albumen prints. 33,5 x 45,5 cm 39,5 x 31,7 cm, 29 x 38,7 cm and 32,5 x 45 cm. Each mounted to board (traces of use, some spots, slightly dusty), titled in Italian in ink below the image on the mount, Vatican print with "Fotografia Cuccioni, via Condotti 19, ROMA" blind stamp under the image on the mount.

Some minimal fading in edges, a few surface scuff marks, some retouched spots, Fountain print with foxing in sky area and light spots in lower right, otherwise in very good condition with strong violet-brown tones.

Lit.: Dorothea Ritter. Rom 1846-1870. James Anderson und die Maler-Fotografen, Sammlung Siegert. Munich 2005, ill. p. 63 (Interior St. Peter's).