L. CARACCIOLO (*1761) after WILKINS (*1767), Basilica and Pompeii, 1819, Aquatint Ludovico Caracciolo (1761 Rome - 1842 ) after Henry Wilkins (1767 - 1847 ): Basilica in Pompeii Ancient ruins of the portico, 1819, Aquatint Technique: Aquatint on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "H. Wilkins del. / L. Caracciolo inc.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Basilique". Date: 1819 Description: The depiction shows an architectural landscape of ruins in the centre of Pompeii, dominated by columns and fragmented wall segments. Indeterminate figures move between the antiquities, under a cloudy sky that suggests vastness. Source: Henry Wilkins (1767 -1847 ) Suite de vues pittoresques des ruines de Pompeii et un précis historique de la ville, avec un plan des fouilles qui ont été faites jusqu'en février 1819 et une description des objets les plus intéressants / par Henry Wilkins, 1819 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Pompeii; Campania; Vesuvius; architecture; ruins; columns; wall fragments; figures; sky; antiquity; landscape; archaeology; history; culture; perspective; drawing; tree avenue; art; documentation; transience; silence, 19th century, Romanticism, Cities, Italy, Pompeii (Campanian), Size: Paper: 31,0 cm x 41,3 cm (12,2 x 16,3 in), Plate: 26,9 cm x 36,5 cm (10,6 x 14,4 in), Depiction: 23,7 cm x 33,7 cm (9,3 x 13,3 in)