Lot 40: Harford (John Scandrett, 1787-1866). Rome from the

Harford (John Scandrett, 1787-1866). Rome from the Vatican, c. 1815, panoramic pen, ink & watercolour view of Rome, signed and titled, 600 x 970 mm (23.5 x 38.25 ins), oak frame, glazed An impressively detailed panorama of Rome from the Vatican, possibly executed by Harford with the aid of a camera lucida, and showing part of the City since demolished. John Scandrett Harford F.R.S. (1787-1866) was the son of a Bristol Banker and Manufacturer, and owner of the Blaise Castle Estate near Bristol. He was an accomplished artist and Member of the Academy of Painting of St. Luke in Rome. His first visit to the City took place in 1815, when he sought the assistance of Pope Pious VII in suppressing the Spanish and Portuguese Slave Trade. Harford visited the City again in 1846 and 1852, primarily to collect materials for his biography of Michelangelo (1857), the first to be published in English. (1)