Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Organisation

Colosseum (Rome, Italy)

Images

  • A sculpture of Hermaphroditus, with the Colosseum in the background. Engraving.
  • Musicians behind the scenes at a contest in the Colosseum. Etching by L. Ademollo, ca. 1837.
  • Civil engineering: the Pont Cysylte aqueduct, the aqueduct at Pyrgos, the aqueduct at Roquefavour and the Colosseum at Rome. Engraving.
  • The Colosseum, Rome: a friar is preaching to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.
  • The Esquiline hill, Rome, seen from the Colosseum. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
All images (6)

Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Civil engineering: the Pont Cysylte aqueduct, the aqueduct at Pyrgos, the aqueduct at Roquefavour and the Colosseum at Rome. Engraving.

    | Reference: 36757i
    • Pictures

    The Colosseum, Rome: plan. Drawing.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 566661i
    Part of: Ancient bridges and buildings of Rome and Peru. Drawings, etching and manuscripts.
    • Pictures

    The Colosseum, Rome. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 179-.

    Morel, François, approximately 1768- | Date: [between 1790 and 1799?] | Reference: 2924660i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Musicians behind the scenes at a contest in the Colosseum. Etching by L. Ademollo, ca. 1837.

    Ademollo, Luigi, 1764-1849. | Date: 1837 | Reference: 2897650i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The Esquiline hill, Rome, seen from the Colosseum. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

    Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835. | Date: 1825 | Reference: 2922175i
All works (14)

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 16:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
Tripadvisor

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence