William
Walcot R.E., Hon.R.I.B.A.
(Odessa
1874 – 1943 Ditchling, Sussex)
The (so-called) Stadium
of Domitian on the Palatine Hill
The (so-called) Stadium
of Domitian on the Palatine Hill
E H-L 82. 347 x 557 mm. Etching with drypoint and
aquatint, 1919.
Signed in pencil. Published by H C
Dickins. Edition of 153. A fine impression on stout
wove paper; one minute plate defect. Palely mount-stained
in the sheet margins.
£1250
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Additional
Information about the Print
Probably
exhibited at the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers
1920 as ' The Stadium'.
In
the Dickins 1919 book on Walcot Thomas Ashby,
the then Director of the British School at Rome
contributed an article on the so-called ‘Stadium’ and
the various archaeologists’ interpretations
of its original appearance and function. It is
defined as being really a narrow rectangular formal
garden, 160 metres long (the Villa of the Quintilii
had two similar gardens). There may well also have
been ‘exercise’ paths, a certain number
of “laps” of which made up a measured
mile, and these could on occasion have been used
for foot-races. Walcot has depicted the start of
such a race watched by the Emperor and his attendants
from a terrace in front of the exedra.
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