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Via Appia

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Type
Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date
1847
Accession number
89.47
Maker
John Frederick Kensett(Opens in new tab) (American, 1816–1872)
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. (29.5 x 44.1 cm.)
Medium
graphite on buff paper
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Department
American Art
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Toward the end of his stay in Rome, Kensett planned a trip to Naples. Inscribed "May 30 1847 / Via Appia," this drawing indicates that Kensett concluded his tour of southern Italy by traveling on the historic Appian Way. The following September, he was back in France and in November he returned to America after seven years abroad.

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