A collection of etchings, representing the best examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; drawn from the originals in Rome, and other parts of Italy, during the years 1794, 1795, and 1796, by Charles Heathcote Tatham, Architect. The plates depict drawings, elevations, plans and sections, some to scale, of ornamental friezes, rich festoons, consoles, pedestals, altars, urns, chairs, tripods, &c. Structures included: Antique Consoles, in the Museum of the Vatican; Egyptian Sphynx, in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Bathing Vase, Villa of Aldobrandini, near Rome; Antique Chimera bass-relief, a fragment at Rome; Antique Festoons, in the Museum of the Vatican; Sepulchral Altar, in the Museum of the Capitol; Ornament upon the breast plate of an antique Statue of a Roman Emperor, Rome; Antique Altars, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Seats, Rome; Grand Antique Bathing Vase, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Griffon Head, Rome; Fragments of Antique Altars, Collection in the Capitol at Rome; Grand Antique Tripod, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Arabesque Pilaster, in the Ruins of Adrians Villa, near Tivoli; Antique Vases, Collection in the Museum of Vatican; Egyptian Lions, on each side of the Fontana delli Termini, Rome; Antique fragments of Feet to Sarcophagi, Collection of the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Seat, in a Chapel, near Rome; PRincipal Foliage of the Grand Barberini Candelabrum, Collection of the Museum of Vatican; Antique Seat, Church of San Pietro in Vicoli, Rome; Osiris - an Egyptian Idol, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Bas-relief, under the Portico of the Church of S. S. Apostoli, Rome; Antique fragment of a Doric Frieze and Architrave, Ruins of Adrian's Villa, Tivoli; Grand Egyptian Sphynx, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Roman Fasces from Bas-reliefs in the Palace Massimi and the Capitol, Rome; Entablature, Remains of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome; Parts of the Frieze of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome; Antique Arabesque Pilastres, in the Cloisters of the Convent Aracaeli, near the Capitol in Rome; Canopus - an Egyptian Idol, Collection of the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Frieze, in the Villa Albani, Rome; Antique fragment of a rich Cornice, in the Gardens of the Villa Barberini at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome; Grand Antique Vase, in the Cathedral Church, Naples; Antique Circular Pedestal supporting a Vase, in the Villa Albani, Rome; Antique Seat, in St. Peter's Church, Rome; Grand Antique (Barberini) Candelabrum, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Entamblature and Frangment of Frieze, Orto Farnese, Rome; Antique Sarcophagus , in the Subterranean of St. Peter's Church, Rome; Antique arabesque Pilasters, in the Cloisters of the Convent Aracaeli, near the Capitol in Rome; Antique fragment of a Frieze, in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese, near Rome; Antique Circular Altars from Vatican and Villa Borghese, Rome; Antique Grecian fragments in the villa Albani, near Rome; Antique Tazzas, Collection of the Museum of the Vatican; Grand Antique Bathing Vase, now used as the Sarcophagus of Pope Clement XII, Church of S. Giovanni, in Laterano in Rome; Grand Antique Bathing Vase, Corsini Chapel of S. Giovanni, in Laterano at Rome; Antique Fragment of a Table Foot, Vatican; Antique Festoons in the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascanti and in the Palace Rondinini, Rome; Antique Pilasters of the Cinque Cento, in the Church of S. Maria del Popolo, Rome; Antique Circular Pedestal supporting a Vase, Villa Albani, near Rome; Grand Antique Baccanalian frieze, Fragments from the Forum of Trajan, now on the principal front of the Palace Aldobrandini, Rome; Grand Antique Bathing Vase, Palace Borghese, Rome; Grand Antique (Barberini) Candelabrum, Collection in the Museum of the Vatican; Antique Tazza, in Ardia, near Rome.
Tatham, Charles Heathcote (1772-1842), architect and designer
An in-depth analysis of the Orders of Architecture according to the Greeks, Romans and Modern Architects, covering the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite Orders. Each plate has an accomponying description and are all to scale with dimensions. Plates included are: Tuscan-Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio, Vignola; Doric-Parthenon at Athens, Temple of Theseus, Great Temple at Paestum, Temple of Apollo at Delos, Portico of Philip, Temple at Corinth, Propylaeum at Athens, Portico of Augustus, Theatre of Marcellus at Rome, Doric Order at Albano, Baths at Diocletian, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Mutuled Doric, Viola, Delorme; Ionic-Ionic Temple on the Ilissus, Temple of Minerva Polias at Athens, Temple of Erectheus at Athens, Various Grecian Ionic Capitals, Temple of Fortuna Virilis, Theatre of Marcellus, Bath of Diocletian, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Serlio, Alberti; Corinthian-Ionic Volute, Lantern of Demosthenes at Athens, Temple of Jupiter Olympius, Incantada at Salonica, Arch of Theseus at Athens, Temple of Jupiter Stator at Rome, Jupiter Tonans, Portico of the Pantheon, Interior of the Pantheon, Forum of Nerva, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Nero's Frontispiece, Arch of Constantine, Temple of Mars the Avenger, Basilica of Antoninus, Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Serlio, Alberti; Composite-Arch of Titus, Arch of Septimius Severus, Baths of Diocletian, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Caryatides of the Temple of Pandrosus, Caryatide by Gougeon, Entablatures, Methods of Diminishing Columns, Ancient Doorways and Windows, Doorways by Vignola, Soffits of Architraves, Ornaments of Mouldings, Capitals and Mouldings.
Normad, Charles
