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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 8 x 10.6 cm

Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.

<p>Left, the Ponte Palatino, looking from the Palatine towards Trastevere. Right, the Isola Tiberina, with Ponte Cestio linking it to the far bank and Ponte Fabricio (Pnte dei Quattro Capi) linking it to the near bank. Right foreground, the ruins of the Ponte Rotto (Ponte Emilio), and on shore, a fisherman laying out his catch to two buyers, while two fishwives stand chatting. In the river are the fisherman's boat, two boats containig big slabs of stone, and a wine-merchant's boat containing barrels shaded from the sun by a vine pergola</p>

1 print : etching, on three plates ; combined platemark 41.4 x 86.7 cm

The Tiber, the Ponte Palatino, the Isola Tiberina and the bridges linking it to the river banks. Etching by W. van Nieulandt, 16--.

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Church of St. Bartholomew, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: site of the Roman temple of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1930.

<p>The stone ship includes a bas-relief of the staff of Aesculapius. Various sections are labelled A.-H.</p>

1 print : etching ; platemark 39.9 x 60.1 cm

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Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.

The Tiber, the Ponte Palatino, the Isola Tiberina and the bridges linking it to the river banks. Etching by W. van Nieulandt, 16--.

Church of St. Bartholomew, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: site of the Roman temple of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1930.

Isola Tiberina, Rome: a section of the travertine ship built under the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

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Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.

The Tiber, the Ponte Palatino, the Isola Tiberina and the bridges linking it to the river banks. Etching by W. van Nieulandt, 16--.

Church of St. Bartholomew, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: site of the Roman temple of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1930.

Isola Tiberina, Rome: a section of the travertine ship built under the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

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